Samadashvili Says Court Proceedings on Opposition Party Ban Will Damage Georgian Dream
By Messenger Staff
Monday, November 2, 2026
Salome Samadashvili, a leader of Lelo-Strong Georgia, has accused the ruling Georgian Dream party of violating the constitution and attempting to consolidate power through the Constitutional Court proceedings seeking to ban opposition parties.
Commenting on the ongoing hearings, Samadashvili said the proceedings had exposed what she described as a gap in political competence between the government and opposition, while strengthening public support for political change.
According to Samadashvili, the case has made clear that Georgian Dream is the political force attempting to undermine the country's constitutional order.
"The Constitutional Court proceedings have made two things very clear to Georgian society. First, the only political force that is actually violating the Constitution of Georgia and attempting to stage a constitutional coup in the country through the Constitutional Court is the ruling party," she said.
She also argued that the hearings had demonstrated differences between the government and opposition in terms of professional, moral and political competence.
Samadashvili said Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili had made a serious political mistake by initiating the process, arguing that the case would damage the ruling party regardless of the court's final decision.
"You may ban political parties, but you cannot ban the Georgian people," she said, adding that the proceedings could further strengthen public conviction that political change in Georgia was necessary and inevitable.
Samadashvili also commented on the upcoming European Union Enlargement Report, predicting that it would be more critical of the Georgian government than previous assessments.
She said Georgia had experienced setbacks across multiple areas over the past year, while other EU candidate countries had continued making progress towards membership.
According to Samadashvili, the report is also expected to outline country-specific action plans to accelerate the European integration of states that are fulfilling their commitments.
She warned that Georgia risked falling further behind its regional counterparts and losing what she described as a historic opportunity to join the European Union because of the policies of Ivanishvili's government.
