The ruling Georgian Dream party has announced plans to request that the Constitutional Court ban the country’s main opposition parties in October. The move will rely on conclusions from a parliamentary commission established earlier this year to investigate opposition activities.
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze described the upcoming lawsuit as ‘a democratic process.’ At least six prominent opposition leaders were jailed for failing to appear before the commission, though two were later pardoned.
The commission, created by Georgian Dream in February 2025, focused on targeting the United National Movement (UNM) and other pro-Western opposition groups, referred to by the ruling party as the ‘radical opposition.’ In its report, the commission claimed that since 2012 these groups have “been a decisive obstacle to the establishment of a healthy political system in Georgia.”
