Friday, December 5, 2025

Georgia's parliament speaker skeptical to coup allegations

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Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The speaker of the Georgian parliament views with suspicion material published on a website in Ukraine indicating a coup plan against the government in Georgia.

Speaker Davit Usupashvili claimed that if a criminal probe is conducted solely based on information provided by the Ukrainian blog

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Georgia’s Magna Carta

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Davit Usupashvili is Speaker of the Georgian Parliament.

Shakespeare would no doubt concur that democracy has an element of drama. In this drama, a constitution may be likened to a play, minus the actors. Setting the scene, a constitution lays out the notion of a state, like the preamble of a play. Articulating the script,

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Parliament anxiously awaiting the president's list for new government

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Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Friday is the last day for the president to present parliament with his candidates for a new government.

Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili Tuesday evening warned President Giorgi Margvelashvili about the terms of the procedure by saying

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Georgian speaker visits Ukraine, but have Kiev-Tbilisi ties weakened?

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Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–As Georgia’s speaker of parliament visits Kiev, political analysts in Tbilisi are watching for signs of how strong the bond is between the two governments.

Speaker Davit Usupashvili is accompanied by parliament members Tedo Japaridze and Tinatin

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Parliament speaker says corruption case has harmed Georgia's defense ability

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Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s parliament speaker says the detention of five defense ministry officials accused of corruption has seriously harmed the country’s defense ability, even if the charges turn out to be false.

Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili

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Georgia’s parliament speaker defends Ivanishvili in newspaper ad

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Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili admires Ivanishvili’s philanthropism. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The speaker of the Georgian parliament went on the offensive Thursday against former President Mikheil Saakashvili and in defense of the billionaire who brought together the current government coalition, Bidzina Ivanishvili.

Speaker of Parliament

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Georgian parliament speaker visiting Israel

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Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian speaker of parliament is Tuesday visiting Israel.

Davit Usupashvili will meet with Yuli-Yoel Edelstein, Speaker of the Knesset, as well as with the head of the Israel-Georgia Parliamentary Friendship Group, Avraham Michaeli.

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NDI poll shows patriarch remains most liked in Georgia

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Patriarch Ilia II (seated, left) remains highly liked in Georgia, while former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has had a drop in popularity. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A new poll published by National Democratic Institute (NDI) shows that Patriarch Ilia II remains the most liked person in Georgia.

96 percent of those asked say the like the patriarch. 61 percent say they like Davit Usupashvili, Speaker of Parliament;

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