Giga Parulava: “Georgian Dream” has gone beyond all rational bounds - it is possible the constitutional decision on banning parties could be made on an accelerated timeline
Giga Parulava, one of the leaders of the party For Georgia, said he does not rule out the possibility that the Georgian Dream government could ban opposition parties and that the Constitutional Court could make a decision on the matter on an accelerated timeline.
Speaking on PalitraNews’s program Resume, Parulava said that Georgian Dream had gone beyond all rational bounds.
He said that, regardless of the Constitutional Court’s decision, For Georgia would have its own political agenda and would seek to continue its activities.
“I really do not rule out [the possibility of banning opposition parties]. Georgian Dream has gone beyond every rational framework. The real reason is to silence everyone; it does not need other opposition parties. In general, Georgian Dream has a tendency to operate on the edge. It will go to the limit in order to achieve a certain result.
“Georgian Dream has gone beyond every framework. Probably, three years ago, it would have been unimaginable for anyone to discuss the possibility that Georgian Dream would adopt a law under which a person could be detained for standing on a sidewalk, with administrative detention imposed for the first offense and imprisonment for one year for a subsequent offense. A person could be detained for exercising freedom of expression and face criminal liability for one year. If we had discussed this two or three years ago, we probably would have said that Georgian Dream would not do such a thing. But today, Georgian Dream has crossed every boundary. It is possible that this Constitutional Court decision could even be made on an accelerated timeline.
“We are participants in the political process. From the beginning, we knew what political environment we were operating in, who we were dealing with, what kind of struggle we would have to wage, and how unfair that struggle would be. Accordingly, regardless of whether a particular outcome occurs or not, we will have a corresponding agenda through which we will try to continue moving forward and fighting as much as possible,” Parulava said.
