The case has drawn criticism from Georgian civil society and European officials, while opposition representatives challenge the evidence and legal grounds for the proposed bans. Georgia’s Constitutional Court began hearings on 21 October 2026 on a constitutional complaint brought by 88 MPs from the ruling Georgian Dream party seeking to declare five major opposition parties …
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Constitutional Court Begins Hearing Georgian Dream’s Complaint Seeking to Ban Opposition Parties
On October 21, hearings began at Georgia’s Constitutional Court in Batumi on Georgian Dream’s constitutional complaint seeking to ban political parties. In its complaint, Georgian Dream is seeking to have the activities of all five major opposition political parties declared unconstitutional and to have them banned: “United National Movement,” “Coalition for Change Gvaramia Melia Girchi …