Irakli Kobakhidze stated that the report published under the OSCE Moscow Mechanism fails to meet even the minimum standards of objectivity.

Speaking at a briefing at the government administration, the Prime Minister said the author of the report failed to mention that, despite certain shortcomings identified, the election observation mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights described the 2024 parliamentary elections as competitive and recognized Georgian Dream as the elected government.

According to Kobakhidze, because of this assessment, the “radical local opposition” repeatedly attacked the OSCE and ODIHR. He also noted that the report’s author did not mention that the opposition had refused to take up parliamentary mandates for the second time in a row, which he said was an attempt to undermine Georgia’s constitutional order and democratic system.

“The report contains no negative assessment of these anti-state and anti-democratic actions by the opposition,” Kobakhidze said. He added that the author also failed to note that the recent parliamentary and municipal elections were held under new legislation developed through months of work in parliamentary working groups in agreement with the opposition.

According to the Prime Minister, this legislation made election fraud “completely impossible,” something that the opposition itself had acknowledged before losing the 2024 parliamentary elections.

Overall, Kobakhidze said, the author of the report failed to cast doubt on the democratic nature of the elections held in 2024 and 2025.

He also claimed that the document was prepared under the influence of “narrow political interests” that motivated the launch of the so-called Moscow Mechanism against Georgia. The Prime Minister further stated that the Polish author of the report concealed a conflict of interest related to his direct connection with the Polish government.

“As a result, it is not surprising that the report does not meet even minimal standards of objectivity and therefore cannot reflect an objective analysis of the developments in Georgia. The author himself notes that due to lack of time the document lacks depth. This is probably the only general conclusion in the report we can fully agree with,” Kobakhidze said.

“Unfortunately, the author of the report could not even determine whether our country is called the ‘Republic of Georgia’ or ‘Georgia,’” the Prime Minister added.

Kobakhidze also criticized the report’s assessment of the law “On Family Values and the Protection of Minors,” saying the author referred to family values as “so-called family values,” which he described as a clear sign of “pseudo-liberal bias.”

According to the Prime Minister, the report calls for the repeal of the law, criticizing provisions aimed at restricting the promotion of same-sex relationships and gender reassignment. Kobakhidze said the author also supports allowing individuals to easily change the gender marker in identification documents based on personal preference.

“In addition, the author of the report calls for the repeal or at least a substantial revision of the legislation on transparency,” Kobakhidze said.

He argued that the author ignored what he described as five attempted coups in Georgia over the past four years, which he claimed involved foreign-funded non-governmental organizations.

According to the Prime Minister, international legal principles consider external interference in a country’s domestic political affairs a violation of state sovereignty, and he argued that the transparency law adopted by Georgia’s parliament aims to protect the country’s sovereignty and democratic system from such interference.