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When Georgian Dream speaks of systemic crimes, they should look at what they have done to Elene Khoshtaria—bringing Elene to this state is the direct responsibility of Georgian Dream. This was stated by Ana Tsitlidze, a representative of the United National Movement.

Georgian Dream is the primary - if not the only - party subject to a ban under constitutional criteria. In other words, applying the interpretation of the legal provision proposed by the plaintiff, the party that ought to be banned is Georgian Dream itself. This statement was made by Nika Gvaramia, a representative of the Coalition for Change, during the presentation of the respondent's arguments at the Constitutional Court.

Ali Asadov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan, will pay a working visit to Georgia on October 29–30.

The court session regarding declaring 5 opposition parties unconstitutional has resumed.

Elene Khoshtaria, the imprisoned leader of the Droa party, has been transferred from the Rustavi women's prison to the Todua Clinic in Tbilisi.

Former Prosecutor General of Georgia Otar Romanov-Partskhaladze and Russia-based businessman Mamuka Pipia have established a public foundation in Russia named "Unity of Russians and Georgians." This information was shared by Mamuka Pipia.

There was an attempt to put the report of the temporary investigative commission under attack – in this context absolutely unacceptable, including discriminatory epithets were used, – this was stated by Georgian Dream member Tornike Cheishvili in connection with the examination of the ban on opposition parties at the Constitutional Court.

"Today we are burying Zviad Gamsakhurdia's legacy – we are heading back to where Zviad Gamsakhurdia dragged us out from," stated Nika Gvaramia, one of the leaders of the "Coalition for Change," in the Constitutional Court during the review of the constitutional lawsuit concerning the ban on the opposition.

If the Constitutional Court accepts the arguments presented in the lawsuit, its ruling could provide a legal basis for an interpretation that Georgia’s policies at the time contributed to Russia’s occupation, while Russia’s actions were a response, Giga Lemonjava, a representative of the Coalition for Change, told the Constitutional Court during hearings on the lawsuit seeking to ban opposition parties.

A reference by Giga Lemonjava, a representative of the Coalition for Change, to the European Parliament’s adoption of a resolution on October 8, 2026, and his explanation of its contents sparked a dispute at the Constitutional Court.

Parliament fast-tracked amendments to the Law on the Structure, Powers and Rules of Operation of the Government of Georgia, allowing the functions of the Prime Minister’s Special Representative to be assigned to a minister’s first deputy or another deputy minister.

Parliament fast-tracked and approved at the third reading a package of legislative amendments that will allow international gambling tournaments to be held in Georgia.