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Former Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili announcing that he was joining Strong Georgia. Screengrab via social media.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Former President Giorgi Margvelashvili joins the Strong Georgia alliance

by OC Media

•1 min read

The Lelo-led Strong Georgia alliance has announced that former Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili joined their coalition. Lelo chair Mamuka Khazaradze announced that Margvelashvili joined their alliance at a pre-election event in Gori on Wednesday evening. Margvelashvili was first reported to have been in talks to join Strong Georgia earlier in September, after Lelo’s secretary general, Irakli Kupradze, published a photo with the ex-president on Facebook. ‘There is only victory ahead

Lelo chair Mamuka Khazaradze (left) and For Georgia chair Giorgi Gakharia (right).

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Two major opposition groups fail to unite ahead of Georgian elections

by Shota Kincha

•2 min read

Five weeks before Georgia’s parliamentary elections, the For Georgia party, led by former Georgian Dream member and ex-Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, announced that negotiations to join the Strong Georgia alliance had failed. On 19 September, the opposition For Georgia party reported that the three-day long negotiations to create a unified bloc with the Strong Georgia alliance had faltered. The announcement followed what appeared to be difficult negotiations between For Georgia’s chair, Gi

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Gakharia’s For Georgia expresses support for ‘parts’ of Georgian queer propaganda law

by OC Media

•2 min read

Giorgi Gakharia’s For Georgia party has said it would have voted for ‘parts’ of Georgian Dream’s queer propaganda law if the legislative package had been split up instead of being voted for as a whole. On Wednesday, For Georgia issued the statement in response to claims by Parliamentary Speaker Shalva Papuashvili that the party was opposed to the law. In his statement, Papuashvili praised Girchi — New Political Centre for taking part in the draft law’s second hearing, and claimed that For

Adjara

Ruling party boycotts Batumi City Council

by Shota Kincha

•2 min read

Georgian Dream councilors have boycotted Batumi City Council, preventing the council from appointing a head as well as voting to annul the annual city budget approved by the outgoing council last month. On Thursday, councilors from Georgian Dream did not show up to an extraordinary council meeting, denying the council the quorum needed to vote for its chairperson for the second time. Batumi, the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, is among just 20 cities and municipalities where Ge

For Georgia

Georgia’s opposition groups claim pressure on election candidates

by Shota Kincha

•3 min read

Since campaigning for Georgia’s municipal elections began last month, major opposition groups have claimed that the authorities have been pressuring candidates to drop out and their supporters to disengage. On 5 September, opposition group For Georgia claimed that dozens of their candidates had retracted their candidacies for the 2 October local elections as a result of pressure from the authorities. Officials from the ruling Georgian Dream party have dismissed the allegations. On Sunday,

A billboard for Kakha Kaladze near Station Square, Tbilisi. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

2021 Georgian Local Elections

Who’s who in the Tbilisi Mayoral election

by Shota Kincha

•8 min read

With one month left until the municipal vote in Georgia, a lot of eyes are on the Tbilisi mayoral race where Georgian Dream’s Kakha Kaladze is running for reelection against some of the most prominent opposition leaders in the country. On 2 October, Georgians will vote to choose mayors and leaders of municipal bodies, known as ‘sakrebulo’ of 64 municipalities throughout the country. Major opposition parties have called the election an informal referendum. According to the EU-mediated 19

Giorgi Gakharia unveils his For Georgia party on 29 May 2021. Official photo.

2021 Georgian Local Elections

Ex-PM Giorgi Gakharia vows to tackle corruption and nepotism with new party

by Shota Kincha

•6 min read

Former Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has unveiled a new political party, ‘For Georgia’, ahead of October local elections. In a closed event in the Expo Georgia centre on Saturday, Gakharia made several promises while also admitting that there were no promises ‘that had not been made’ in Georgian politics. Gakharia, who less than seven months ago led the ruling Georgian Dream party to electoral victory, stepped down in February over disagreements with the party leadership. A co