“First of all, we are waiting for the decision of the Constitutional Court of Georgia. I think after this decision we will all rest together,” Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said when assessing the situation in the opposition.
According to him, when an organism weakens, this has its manifestations, and confrontation within the opposition can be considered a manifestation of the opposition’s weakening.
“There is a difficult situation in the opposition and difficult processes are unfolding, and all of this is an echo of weakness. When any organism weakens, this then has its manifestations, and in this case confrontation with one another and insults are an expression of that,” Kobakhidze stated.
In response to a journalist’s question about whether he has any information regarding reports that there is confrontation among the judges of the Constitutional Court because a large part of them do not want to accept into proceedings the lawsuit related to the banning of parties, the Prime Minister noted that if there is a difference of opinion, this is a healthy process.
“As for the situation in the Constitutional Court, this is not our business. Of course, if there is a difference of opinion, this is a healthy process; in any court there may be differing views among the judges on this or that issue. However, this is entirely the court’s business from start to finish; I cannot tell you what the situation is there. As for our lawsuit, if there is any change in this regard, we will definitely inform you,” the Prime Minister stated.
For information: The ruling party Georgian Dream first applied to the Constitutional Court in 2025 with a demand to recognize opposition political associations as unconstitutional and to ban their activities. The lawsuit concerned three parties - Unity – National Movement, Coalition for Change, and Strong Georgia - but later the ruling team withdrew the old lawsuit and submitted a new, corrected version to the court, which added the Federalists to the list of parties to be banned.