Scheme Long Linked by Batumelebi to Pre-Election Mobilisation Now Admitted as “Fictitious Employment” by Kobakhidze

Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze acknowledged that the social employment programme paying 300 lari per month was, in reality, fictitious employment and did not address unemployment. “The reduction in employment is entirely formal and has one specific reason: there was a programme replacing social assistance, and 30,000 people can be said to had been …

ECHR Takes Up GYLA Case Over Alleged Mass Violations of Ballot Secrecy in 2024 Elections

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has begun a substantive review of the application filed by the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) concerning the 2024 parliamentary elections, the organization announced. “The court has emphasized that the case may be granted the status of a matter of significant impact. The case concerns widespread violations …

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