Grigol Gegelia: We are fighting to the end; we will liberate the country from Georgian Dream; The lawsuit - which seeks to deny a million Georgians their chosen political party - is based on nothing more than absurd, indescribable fairy tales

We are continuing the process and fighting to the end. Our expectation is that we will liberate this country from Georgian Dream, Grigol Gegelia, one of the leaders of the Strong Georgia – Lelo coalition, stated following the conclusion of the Constitutional Court hearing.

According to Grigol Gegelia, Georgian Dream reacted with "great trepidation" to a motion filed by Lelo requesting that an evidentiary phase—involving the examination of evidence—be included in the proceedings.

"Georgian Dream possesses absolutely no evidence or proof. Naturally, they are frightened, which is why they met Lelo’s motion with such great trepidation. Lelo’s motion specifically called for the examination of evidence. Just imagine: in a case of such magnitude—where a million Georgians are being deprived of their chosen political party, and thousands of people are potentially being barred from participating in politics—the 'evidence' presented in this lawsuit consists of absolutely absurd and indescribable fairy tales. This serves as further proof that Georgian Dream stands on the fundamentally wrong side of history," stated Grigol Gegelia.

For context, the Lelo – Strong Georgia coalition requested that an evidentiary hearing—a stage for the examination of evidence—be held during the Constitutional Court’s proceedings regarding the lawsuit filed by Georgian Dream MPs, which seeks the banning of five opposition parties.

This motion was introduced by Levan Samushia, representing the respondent side, and was supported by representatives of other opposition parties as well.

The Plenum of the Constitutional Court granted the Lelo – Strong Georgia motion—concerning the examination of evidence during the hearing—only in part.