Among those dismissed from Tbilisi City Hall are public servants with 10, 25, and 45 years of experience, as well as mothers of children under the age of three and children with disabilities. Our political team will do everything to ensure that these dismissed public servants find justice, including through international legal means, - stated Tata Khvedeliani, Chair of the Tbilisi City Council faction of the For Georgia party, during a briefing.

According to Tata Khvedeliani, public servants were unlawfully dismissed from Tbilisi City Hall based on political motives.

“We want to address the issue of political persecution and illegal dismissals of public servants. As soon as Tbilisi City Hall employees publicly expressed their support for Georgia’s European integration, we witnessed the mayor’s threats against his own staff. Kakha Kaladze began executing these threats and persecuting employees starting in December 2024.

The majority of the employees who signed the statement were summoned by their direct supervisors, who used psychological pressure to force them to withdraw their signatures.

As a result of this pressure, dozens of signatories withdrew from the initial 239 signatures.

Those who refused to withdraw their signatures despite the repressions faced a so-called reorganization imposed by the ruling Georgian Dream regime, with the help of the Tbilisi City Council, leading to the purging of City Hall departments.

Among those dismissed are public servants with 10, 25, and 45 years of experience, as well as mothers of children under the age of three and children with disabilities.

As part of this so-called reorganization, Kaladze completely abolished the Department of International Relations, which, it seems, he no longer needs.

While competent public servants are being persecuted, members of the ruling Georgian Dream party, employed at City Hall, continue to receive salaries without even showing up for work.

As a result of this wave of repression in the public sector, around 300 conscientious public servants have been dismissed across Georgia, approximately 45 of them from Tbilisi City Hall.

I am certain that our political team will do everything to ensure that these dismissed public servants find justice, including through international legal means.

I am also confident that very soon, they will be reinstated to their rightful positions, and the public service in Georgia will finally regain its dignity”, Tata Khvedeliani said.