"If a party is to be banned, then it is to be banned; otherwise, the Constitutional Court will decide this, not the Central Election Commission," stated Giorgi Kalandarishvili, Chairman of the Central Election Commission, to journalists regarding the constitutional lawsuit filed by a group of deputies to ban parties.

According to him, if a party is to be banned, it means it has committed actions that led to such a decision.

"On October 4, 12 political unions participated in the elections, along with candidates nominated by initiative groups in the respective majoritarian districts, which in itself indicates that the elections were competitive. As for the issue of banning parties, the election administration is neither the initiator nor the reviewer or decision-maker on this matter. Therefore, the question is irrelevant to the CEC. Neither the registration of parties nor their deregistration falls within the competence of the election administration. This is handled by the Constitutional Court. In this case, the initiator is the Parliament of Georgia. Accordingly, speculating in advance about who will be beyond it and who will not, or who will be banned and who will not, is naturally jumping ahead of events. Therefore, evaluating this is a political matter.

We will register in the elections every party that meets the requirements of the legislation and ensure an environment that places all political unions on equal footing—as was fully provided in the October 4 and October 26 elections and will be fully provided in the future as well.

Of course, we have our own opinion on this [party bans], but if a party is to be banned, then it is to be banned; otherwise, the Constitutional Court will decide, not the Central Election Commission. If a party is to be banned, it means it has committed actions that warranted such a measure. Therefore, you can address these issues with the relevant authorized bodies. You can also look at the practices of various countries regarding what has been banned where and what has not," Giorgi Kalandarishvili said.

For reference, "Georgian Dream" is appealing to the Constitutional Court to ban three parties. According to Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, the constitutional lawsuit prepared by the ruling party demands that the following parties be declared unconstitutional and banned: "United National Movement," "Coalition for Change," and "Strong Georgia - Lelo."