“Opposition parties will be officially classified as radical forces if they decline to participate in the elections,” said Levan Makhashvili, the European Integration Committee Chair.

According to Makhashvili, should a party refuse to engage in elections, it will lack the defining characteristics of a political party.

“If opposition parties choose not to participate in elections, it will indicate their formal transformation into radical parties, as the fundamental purpose of a political party is to seek power through electoral means. Should a party refuse to engage in this process, it will lack the defining characteristic of a political party. Consequently, opposition parties will be officially classified as radical forces if they decline to participate in the elections,” he told the GPB’s First Channel.