Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party plans to add the opposition For Georgia party founded by former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia to its Constitutional Court case seeking to ban major opposition parties.

The revised lawsuit would target five opposition groups that passed the electoral threshold in the disputed 2024 parliamentary elections. Georgian Dream previously named the United National Movement, Ahali, Lelo and the Federalists in the case, with For Georgia now being added to the list.

Georgian Dream parliamentary leader Irakli Kirtskhalia justified the move by accusing For Georgia of failing to recognize the constitutional order and engaging in what he framed as destructive activity in parliament and elsewhere. The ruling party maintains that the case would seek to declare the parties unconstitutional, while the parliamentary and local council mandates of their members would not be affected.

Gakharia’s Party had initially been left out because it returned to parliament after ending its boycott in late 2025. The party currently holds 12 parliamentary seats and seats in municipal councils. Gakharia, who now lives abroad, rejected the move and accused Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili of seeking to remove the only functioning opposition force from parliament. Former Prime Minister assessed the initiative as another step toward establishing authoritarian rule and pledged that his party would continue to pursue Georgia’s democratic and European path.

The addition of For Georgia expands Georgian Dream’s legal campaign against the parliamentary opposition to all major opposition groups that cleared the 2024 electoral threshold. The ruling party has long used the term “collective UNM” for opposition forces it claims are connected to the former ruling United National Movement, although For Georgia has itself been critical of the UNM.