“USAID must explain how tens of millions are spent on organizations that repeatedly lead attempts to undermine elections,” Shalva Papuashvili, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, posted on social media.

“It is impossible to spend $41.7 million on another country’s elections without feeling any accountability to the population of that country,” Papuashvili stated.

“USAID has allocated $41.7 million to Georgia’s elections through political NGOs. Considering the population ratio, this amount is equivalent to injecting $3.78 billion in foreign funds into U.S. elections. The comparison becomes even more striking when based on the countries’ GDPs. It is unacceptable to spend $41.7 million on another nation’s elections without expressing accountability to that nation’s population.

Furthermore, USAID, which was involved in disseminating false parallel vote count results and attempting to overturn elections in 2020, has continued similar actions in 2024. Therefore, it must explain how tens of millions of dollars are spent on organizations that repeatedly attempt to undermine elections,” writes Shalva Papuashvili.