"Georgian Dream" Seeks Ban on "Gakharia – For Georgia" Party via New Constitutional Lawsuit

"Georgian Dream" is seeking a ban on the "Gakharia – For Georgia" party through a new constitutional lawsuit; this was announced by Irakli Kirtskhalia, leader of the parliamentary majority.

At the same time, Kirtskhalia noted that the constitutional lawsuit does not call for the termination of parliamentary or municipal council (Sakrebulo) mandates.

"A lawsuit concerning the so-called parties will be submitted to the Constitutional Court this week. The 'Gakharia – For Georgia' party will be added to this list. We all well remember their plans—how they intended to enter Parliament and subsequently have their mandates recognized. Our political team gave them a chance back then to genuinely engage in the process, despite their past and their direct coalition with the 'National Movement.' However, we witnessed a blatant and brazen refusal to recognize the constitutional order, accompanied by numerous destructive actions." "Color and number do not matter; when you serve the same idea that the collective 'National Movement's' network of agents served, for us, that is tantamount to betraying the country's interests. Even in the context of this lawsuit, we have not requested the termination of the mandates of individual MPs," said Kirtskhalia following the majority party meeting.

For the record, "Georgian Dream" has already filed a constitutional lawsuit seeking to have the activities of the "National Movement," "Coalition for Change," "Strong Georgia – Lelo," and the "Federalists" declared unconstitutional and banned.