On October 25, MP Khatuna Samnidze, the Republican Party Chair, and opposition, said that the argument that Georgia needs the status for EU membership was being undermined by unidentified domestic opposition politicians who were advising Georgia's European partners behind closed doors to grant candidate status for EU membership only after the country's 2024 parliamentary elections. She demanded an end to the purported practice of sharing contrasting messages with international partners. "This is not a new information. Although it was previously known to us, I decided that we should discuss it openly since our [European] partners informed us that they do not understand why there is not a single statement [on the candidate status], for example, from the opposition side," she added.

On the same day, in response to the allegations, Georgian Dream MP Rati Ionatamishvili stated that Samnidze should name her colleagues because the public should know who they are. Ionatamishvili also added that this was the first recognition by the opposition member of her colleagues' harmful actions against the nation's EU integration.

Another MP, Anri Okhanashvili, claimed that Samnidze had confirmed what his party had stated over the course of several months, and he added that European allies had informed Georgian Dream members that opposition MPs were involved in a malicious campaign against the government.

Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream, said Samnidze had confirmed that a part of the domestic opposition was lobbying against the country being granted the European Union membership candidate status. "We know for sure that these subjects went to Europe - and not only in Europe - where they lobbied against the candidate status. What we have been asserting for so long, it was practically confirmed by the representative of the opposition," he concluded.

Moreover, Khatia Dekanoidze, an opposition MP from the Euro Optimists faction in the Georgian Parliament, said she could confirm mixed messages from domestic opposition groups over the country's European Union membership candidate status were causing concerns among its foreign partners.