Georgian Dream Adds For Georgia to Opposition Ban Case
By Messenger Staff
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Georgian Dream has decided to add For Georgia, the opposition party led by exiled former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, to its Constitutional Court case seeking to ban opposition parties.
The decision was announced on September 14 by Georgian Dream parliamentary majority leader Irakli Kirtskhalia. He said For Georgia had engaged in "gross and brazen non-recognition of the constitutional order" and "countless destructive actions" since returning to Parliament.
Georgian Dream filed the case in November 2025 against three opposition parties: the United National Movement, Lelo/Strong Georgia and Ahali/Coalition for Change. All three passed the 5% threshold in the disputed 2024 parliamentary elections.
For Georgia was initially excluded from the case after it ended its parliamentary boycott and took up its seats. Kirtskhalia said the latest case would not challenge the mandates of For Georgia MPs.
The decision comes after Georgian Dream changed the case in April by withdrawing its original application and submitting a new version that included the Federalists party. Critics said that move restarted the Constitutional Court's nine-month period for considering the lawsuit.
Georgian Dream has not said whether it will withdraw and resubmit the case again after adding For Georgia.
Former Public Defender Nino Lomjaria criticised the latest move, saying the ruling party could use Georgia's more than 200 registered political parties to repeatedly delay the case.
"There are more than 200 parties registered in Georgia," Lomjaria wrote on Facebook, saying Georgian Dream had "more than 200 opportunities" to create distractions and postpone the proceedings.
