Georgian PM highlights ruling party’s high approval rating ahead of local elections

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Wednesday said the ruling Georgian Dream party’s current approval rating was higher than it had been ahead of the 2024 parliamentary elections.

In his remarks over the upcoming local elections scheduled for October, Kobakhidze stressed that the Georgian Dream party was confident it would win both mayoral and city council elections in all 64 municipalities across the country.

“As for the local elections, our approval rating today is higher than it was before the [2024] parliamentary elections. If we received 54 percent back then, we can get more now. In such a situation, the opposition is absolutely doomed. We will win in all 64 municipalities - both in mayoral and council races. They simply don’t know what to do anymore”, the PM said.

“On one hand, they’re reluctant to give up the two or three seats they might still win in the councils. On the other hand, they clearly see that they’re heading toward total defeat. That’s why we’re seeing all this internal conflict within the opposition. And that’s a good thing - the key point is that the opposition is completely disbanded and broken”, Kobakhidze concluded.