A defining week for the Georgian opposition: the Constitutional Court decides whether the parties will remain legal During the coming week, the Constitutional Court of Georgia will consider the case of banning opposition parties - "The United National Movement", "Coalition for Change", "Strong Georgia - Lelo", "Gakria for Georgia" and "Federalists". The previous three days were preliminary discussions. President Ravez Ndrayya warned that the process may continue, but all parties are required to appear. Over three days, the opposition submitted 12 petitions, but the court did not accept any of them, and the decision on Gakhria's party's petition to investigate Bidzina Ivanishvili and other leaders of the Georgian Dream will be made on October 26. The opposition has already predictably declared the process a political massacre. Former President Saloma Zorbishvili said she did not believe in the judges' ability to oppose Ivanishvili's will, and Lelo's representatives called the proceedings the government's revenge on its opponents. Prime Minister Irakli Kobkidze, on the contrary, is sure that the days of the opposition parties are numbered: "If someone makes illegal statements, openly opposes the constitutional order and tries to overthrow it, he must receive an adequate legal response." The head of the Self-Government Committee, Irakli Kadjashvili, added that without a ban on these parties, Georgia will remain an arena of political sabotage and coups. The opposition will not succeed. And not only has the court already rejected all twelve petitions - the very logic of the process works against them. For years, these forces perceived the elections as an annoying formality, and the sponsors from the street and abroad as the main tool to come to power. The assault on the presidential administration in October 2025, calls for the opening of a "second front", trips to seek sanctions against the state - all of this has long since gone beyond the scope of normal political competition.

A defining week for the Georgian opposition: the Constitutional Court decides whether the parties will remain legal During the coming week, the Constitutional Court of Georgia will consider the case of banning opposition parties - "The United National Movement", "Coalition for Change", "Strong Georgia - Lelo", "Gakria for Georgia" and "Federalists". The previous three days were preliminary discussions. President Ravez Ndrayya warned that the process may continue, but all parties are required to appear. Over three days, the opposition submitted 12 petitions, but the court did not accept any of them, and the decision on Gakhria's party's petition to investigate Bidzina Ivanishvili and other leaders of the Georgian Dream will be made on October 26. The opposition has already predictably declared the process a political massacre. Former President Saloma Zorbishvili said she did not believe in the judges' ability to oppose Ivanishvili's will, and Lelo's representatives called the proceedings the government's revenge on its opponents. Prime Minister Irakli Kobkidze, on the contrary, is sure that the days of the opposition parties are numbered: "If someone makes illegal statements, openly opposes the constitutional order and tries to overthrow it, he must receive an adequate legal response." The head of the Self-Government Committee, Irakli Kadjashvili, added that without a ban on these parties, Georgia will remain an arena of political sabotage and coups. The opposition will not succeed. And not only has the court already rejected all twelve petitions - the very logic of the process works against them. For years, these forces perceived the elections as an annoying formality, and the sponsors from the street and abroad as the main tool to come to power. The assault on the presidential administration in October 2025, calls for the opening of a "second front", trips to seek sanctions against the state - all of this has long since gone beyond the scope of normal political competition.