Four parties unite for elections under name of Georgia’s opera star
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Four political groups will unite and create a new political coalition for the upcoming October 8 Parliamentary Elections under the name of Georgia’s outstanding opera singer Paata Burchuladze.
The four parties made a joint statement this evening announcing their intentions to unite.
The four uniting parties are:
- Movement State for People - chaired by Paata Burchuladze;
- Girchi - a political unity composed of former members of the previous ruling United National Movement (UNM);
- New Rights - a non-parliamentary opposition party; and
- New Georgia - a political party chaired by former UNM member Giorgi Vashadze;
The name of the new political group is Paata Burchuladze-Movement State for People.
The parties decided to join us when we experience hard times. Now they will share all the burden and responsibilities with us,” Burchuladze stated.
While commenting on the new coalition, some members of the current ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party believed the involvement of former UNM members in the new coalition would encourage voters not to vote for them.
The executive secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream Democratic Georgia (GDDG) party says a fund established by famous Georgian opera singer Paata Burchuladze that unites
experts, analysts and ex-politicians, is a "satellite” of United National Movement (UNM).
Three opposition political parties are joining forces to win over voters and become better positioned for the October 8 Parliamentary Elections in Georgia.
"These Parliamentary Elections will be a test of our democracy and we are all dedicated to ensuring these elections are held in a way that meets the highest standards,” says Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvrikashvili.
Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia (GDDG), has officially started campaigning for the upcoming Parliamentary Elections, set for October 8, 2016. The campaign began in Imereti region of the country's west.
There are 40 days left before Georgian citizens can vote for who they want to run the country. The Central Election Commission upgraded its lists of election subjects who have addressed the Commission with the request to be allowed to participate in the elections.
Georgia’s former Prime Minister and founder of the ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia (GDDG) party Bidzina Ivanishvili has today started his televised meetings with representatives of regional media to answer journalists’ questions during the pre-election campaign ahead of the Parliamentary Elections on October 8.
Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgia’s former Prime Minister and founder of the ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia (GDDG) party, has ranked the political parties competing in next month’s Parliamentary Elections.
Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched an investigation following the leak of an illegally recorded phone conversation between a local politician and media manager.
UPDATED: 17.11: New Georgia, a civil platform chaired by former United national Movement member Giorgi Vashadze, has stayed within the Paata Burchuladze - State for People election bloc. Vashadze announced his decision several minutes ago.
Today is the last day political parties can make changes to their proportional or majoritarian lists ahead of the October 8 Parliamentary Election. Parties have until 6pm to make any changes to their party lists.
Today it was revealed Paata Burchuladze-State for People election bloc will have no majoritarian candidates in 16 election districts after the Girchi party left the alliance late on September 27.
Famous Georgian opera star Paata Burchuladze spoke with media today, where he neither confirmed nor denied speculations about his leaving the State for People political party he established.
Leader of the Girchi (pine cone) party Zurab Japaridze will request permission from the Georgian Ministry of Justice to add the middle name of "pine cone”, in Georgian ‘girchi’, to his name before he is registered as the presidential candidate for the October 28 elections.
Political party Girchi [Geo. pinecone] has decided to offer up its leader Zurab Japaridze for rent on New Year’s eve to be the mekvle - a Georgian term for the person who is the first to come visit a family to wish them a happy new year.
Georgian opera singer Paata Burchuladze has requested the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party let him ‘replace’ the former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili in prison. Burchuladze said that he ‘does not want to be an accomplice in the third president’s murder,’ and asked the GD to let him ‘replace’ Saakashvili in prison.