Georgia’s ruling party Sec Gen calls coup-involved parties “agent network”
Politics
Kakha Kaladze
Photo: Tbilisi City Hall
Kakha Kaladze, the mayor of Tbilisi and secretary general of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday said that any political party involved in organising state coups, violating Georgia’s constitution, or serving the interests of foreign actors should be considered an “agent network”.
He made the remarks while responding to journalists’ questions regarding a constitutional lawsuit related to the potential banning of certain political parties.
Kaladze characterised the activities of these political groups not as organic movements, but as long-term projects funded by hundreds of millions of dollars from abroad.
“Any political party that is engaged in organising state coups, violating the Constitution of Georgia, and serving representatives of other countries - we all know that this is an agent network”, Kaladze said.
He added that such groups were built over years through significant financial resources and operate with external backing.
Kaladze further noted that similar “methods” are used in different countries where political interests are involved, and he claimed that these networks and funding schemes are already well understood and exposed.
“We all know very well who is financed from where, who their patrons are, and what their main goal is. Accordingly, the state always responds to this”, he continued.
Responding to questions about the possibility of renewed revolutionary scenarios in Georgia, Kaladze said that “hostile activity continues”, but insisted that state institutions are prepared to respond.
Georgian Parliament speaker Shalva Papashvili on Monday said the ruling Georgian Dream party is withdrawing its original constitutional lawsuit and replacing it with an updated version aimed at banning political parties deemed “unconstitutional”.
The revised lawsuit expands the list of targeted groups to include the Federalist party, joining three other major opposition entities: the United National Movement (UNM), the Coalition for Change, and Lelo.
