Giorgi Gakharia: The ongoing Constitutional Court process in Georgia is nothing less than declaring dissenting views unconstitutional - the regime believes that wiping out the opposition field will enable it to create puppet proxy parties to fake pluralism

The ongoing Constitutional Court process to ban opposition parties in Georgia is nothing less than declaring dissenting views unconstitutional, - Giorgi Gakharia, leader of the For Georgia political party, writes on social media.

He asserts that the authorities believe the creation of proxy parties will allow them to fake pluralism.

"While the regime thinks wiping out the opposition field will allow them to create puppet proxy parties to fake pluralism, their propaganda machine is already leaking the playbook. Pro-Russian movement "Neutral Georgia" openly stated: "The removal of these groups from politics is a necessary condition for new parties to emerge and create a political system where healthy competition is possible..." By labeling constitutional political activity as a "crime" and claiming that banning the opposition creates "healthy competition," the regime and its pro-Russian proxies are admitting their true intent: total control behind a fake pluralist mask," states Gakharia.