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Aleko Elisashvili and Mamuka Khazaradze. Photo via Facebook of Mamuka Khazaradze.
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Aleko Elisashvili’s Citizens Party ‘in negotiations’ with growing Georgian opposition alliance

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The Georgian opposition party, Citizens, led by MP Aleko Elisashvili, is in ‘active negotiations’ to join an opposition alliance of Lelo, For the People, and Freedom Square.  A spokesperson for Citizens told OC Media that the negotiations were ‘very active’.  ‘We don’t have any illusions that small parties, including Citizens, can overcome the 5% barrier on their own’. ‘We see a solution in unity and we think that enlargement is necessary for Georgia to continue its European integration an

From left: Mamuka Khazaradze, Anna Dolidze, Levan Tsutskiridze. Image via Freedom Square/Facebook.
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Three Georgian opposition parties to unite ahead of elections

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Three Georgian opposition groups — Lelo, Anna Dolidze’s For the People party, and the newly established Freedom Square — have announced they will unite ahead of October’s parliamentary elections. The three groups announced their coalition on Wednesday. Lelo, established by TBC Bank Group founder Mamuka Khazaradze in 2019, has been attempting to position itself as a new political centre for voters and parties dissatisfied with both the ruling Georgian Dream party and the formerly ruling Unite

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