TBILISI, DFWatch–A former Georgian defense minister claims he was the target when shots were fired during an election rally in Gori, a town 60km northwest of Tbilisi, on Sunday.
Irakli Okruashvili was meeting voters in the town where he is a candidate
TBILISI, DFWatch–Businessman and former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said Monday that he would like to see Irakli Garibashvili as president.
Ivanishvili said this while meeting with local media in Rustavi, a town south of Tbilisi.
He said the former PM is ‘a good option for a spare’
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili claims that Mikheil Saakashvili’s party has started several new organizations in order to foment unrest in Georgia ahead of the election.
One of the new organizations started by the National Movement is Georgia in the Name
TBILISI, DFWatch–Another prominent member left opera singer Paata Burchuladze’s party on Tuesday, accusing State for People of being financed by former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili.
“I am leaving Paata Burchuladze’s party, because it is not Paata
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian PM Bidzina Ivanishvili lashed out at opposition politician Nino Burjanadze on Sunday, accusing her of bluffing when she proposed that Georgia should declare a non-bloc status.
Burjanadze, a former parliament speaker,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Republican Party wants to have a U.S. military base in Georgia before the country becomes a full member of NATO.
This was one of the statements made by Republican Party members during a debate on Rustavi 2 Tuesday evening,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two proposals to define Georgia’s foreign policy alignment in the Constitution were postponed by a parliament committee because not enough MPs showed up. The rebellious opposition leader who started the debate now claims parliament has violated election rules.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Irakli Alasania’s Free Democrats promises a liberal drug policy and the decriminalization of all forms of drugs if they come to power.
But the punishment for drug dealing will be tougher, the party’s healthcare strategist Nikoloz Pruidze
TBILISI, DFWatch–The ruling Georgian Dream party on Monday nominated its majoritarian candidates in most of Tbilisi’s 21 electoral districts.
The exception was the downtown Mtatsminda district, where GD refrained from nominating a candidate to support
TBILISI, DFWatch–A ten seconds long election video has caused a strong reaction from Georgia’s political establishment and calls for using legal means to stop the party behind it.
The provocative advertisement ran on the Public Broadcaster’s Channel 1
Saturday night