Saturday, September 26, 2026

Government's hold over TV is crumbling

“He told me I should close down the program, because me and my program are a problem for him,” says Vakho Sanaia, host of Reportaji on the Georgian public broadcaster's Channel 1.

TBILISI, DFWatch — There is a crisis in pro-government TV in Georgia, after an opposition coalition won the parliamentary election.

October 5, several well-known anchors and journalists at Imedi TV, which is controlled by Saakashvili’s government, each wrote on their

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Saakashvili expects election result to attract the mafia

President Mikheil Saakashvili (left) told acting interior minister Eka Zghuladze and chief prosecutor Murtaz Zodelava (right) to look out for the mafia after Georgian Dream's election victory. (Screen grab.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili Friday told his acting interior minister and chief prosecutor to do everything to prevent the mafia from crossing the border into Georgia.

After it became clear that Bidzina Ivanishvili’s coalition was going to win the election,

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Counting completed, many complaints

Eka Azarashvili, spokesperson for the Central Election Commission, asks the media not to jump to conclusions while complaints about alleged fraud are still being looked into. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Four days after the election, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said the counting of votes had been completed and announced the final results.

After collating votes from 3 766 district, preliminary results show the Georgian Dream coalition received

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Negotiations between Saakashvili's and Ivanishvili's people

Giga Bokeria (left), representing President Mikheil Saakashvili, runs into Irakli Alasania (right), representing Bidzina Ivanishvili, exiting the elevator Friday. (Georgian Dream photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The winner of the aryparliament election, Georgian Dream, will from October 8 send representatives to each state body to start a  ‘peaceful transfer of government’ until a new government is formed.

This was one of the major decisions made at a meeting between

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