Procedural Issues Committee validates signatures on constitutional lawsuit to ban opposition parties

The Procedural Issues Committee of the Georgian Parliament has endorsed a draft committee conclusion confirming the validity of MPs’ signatures on the constitutional lawsuit.

According to the Georgian Parliament’s press service, the rapporteur, First Deputy Chair of the Committee Akaki Aladashvili, reported that the Committee, in accordance with Article 204, Paragraph 3 and Article 222 of the Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, and following its examination of the matter, has confirmed the validity of the signatures of 89 members of the Georgian Parliament appended to the constitutional lawsuit, thereby enabling the right to apply to the Constitutional Court.

Aladashvili stated that the constitutional lawsuit concerns the exercise of the right to petition the Constitutional Court of Georgia, seeking the declaration of certain political parties as unconstitutional and their subsequent prohibition.

At today’s sitting, the Procedural Issues Committee also examined the findings of its review of information received from parliamentary committees regarding the mandatory attendance of officials and the hearing of officials at committee sittings. According to rapporteur First Deputy Chair Akaki Aladashvili, during the reporting period from January 1 to March 31, 2026, not a single parliamentary committee decided to invite an official to attend its sessions. Similarly, no parliamentary faction requested the mandatory attendance of an official at any committee meeting. Equally, no parliamentary faction had requested the mandatory attendance of an official at a committee sitting.

He further noted that during the period under review, no official listed under Article 147, Paragraph 1 of the Parliament’s Rules of Procedure had applied to a parliamentary committee requesting to be heard at a sitting.
The Procedural Issues Committee took note of the matter.

As Akaki Aladashvili noted, in accordance with Article 147, Paragraph 10 of the Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, the findings of the review will be forwarded to the Parliamentary Bureau. The Procedural Issues Committee will also ensure that the relevant information is published on the Parliament’s website.

For the record, the Federalist Party is to be added to the constitutional lawsuit seeking the prohibition of several parties. Speaker of Parliament Shalva Papuashvili announced that Georgian Dream will submit the relevant lawsuit to the Constitutional Court today.

Speaker of Parliament Shalva Papuashvili submitted a constitutional lawsuit on October 28, 2025, challenging the constitutionality and seeking the prohibition of the United National Movement, the Coalition for Change, and Strong Georgia – Lelo. The Constitutional Court published the lawsuit regarding the ban on the three political groups on November 4.