Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Political ‘interest’ prompted Ivanishvili audit

TBILISI, DFWatch – A political movement in Georgia must follow rules for party financing, because it wants to impact the election. The new head of Georgia’s campaign finance watchdog, Natia Mogeladze (pictured), says she ordered Ivanishvili’s movement to report on its finances because they made statements indicating political intentions. “The motivation was their own statement, … Read more

Party finance boss’ neutrality questioned

TBILISI, DFWatch – Opposition parties in Georgia object against the appointment of an employee at the Ministry of Justice as new head of the party finance monitoring body. The objections come not only from the many fiercly anti-government parties, but also from those that signed an agreement with the government last summer about how to … Read more