Friday, December 5, 2025

Georgian opposition parties call ruling coalition undemocratic

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Nino Burjanadze, leader of Democratic Movement, is one of the signatories of the statement. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Political parties not represented in parliament accuse the government of making one-sided decisions in relation to the Election Code.

The opposition parties accuse the governing Georgian Dream coalition of anti-democratic actions when it last week

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Georgian PM wants 50% first past the post threshold

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Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili proposes to raise the threshold for winning in the first round of local elections to 50 percent.

Gharibashvili, who represents the Georgian Dream coalition, suggests having a 50 percent threshold also in mayoral

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Georgia's ruling coalition promises clean local election

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Biometric voter’s lists is something the opposition has been wanting for a long time, said Zviad Dzidziguri, Member of Parliament for the Georgian Dream coalition. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Dream coalition promises that there will not be fraud in the upcoming local elections, as the voters’ list is being checked by use of biometric data, which will prevent names from appearing two or more times.

Georgian Dream, both theĀ coalition and the party with the same

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Georgian gov't updating legislation ahead of local election

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Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In a week the government in Georgia will decide whether to follow recommendations and proposals made by the non-parliamentary opposition and non-governmental organizations about amendments to the Election Code.

Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili

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Georgia to hold local elections in June 2014

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Davit Berdzenishvili from the Georgian Dream coalition. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The local elections in Georgia will be held in June 2014, instead of May, the parliamentary majority says.

The last local elections were held on May 30, 2010. Davit Berdzenishvili from the Georgian Dream coalition said on Friday that the local

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