UNM appeals to Constitutional Court: do not accept shameful lawsuit; it is about abolishing Court itself

Tina Bokuchava, Chair of the United National Movement opposition party, appeals to the judges of the Constitutional Court not to accept the lawsuit seeking the abolition of the United National Movement and two other parties.

As Bokuchava stated at the briefing, the lawsuit is unfounded and fails to meet the minimum standard of evidence.

“It is publicly known that on October 31, 2025, 88 self-proclaimed parliamentary deputies petitioned Georgia’s Constitutional Court, demanding the abolition of the United National Movement and two other political parties. With this statement, we wish to appeal to the judges of Georgia’s Constitutional Court: do not accept this shameful lawsuit for consideration and deem it inadmissible, as it is entirely unfounded, fails to meet the minimum evidential standard, and bears no genuine connection between the subject of the dispute and the provisions of the Constitution. The matter raised in the lawsuit is political and inherently unconstitutional, as its true aim is to undermine Georgia’s democratic order and establish a one-party dictatorship in the country.

Against the backdrop of regime pressure, considering such an unfounded lawsuit, whose only evidence comprises extracts from the illegitimate and unconstitutional conclusions of the treason commission of the illegitimate parliament, would amount to the abolition not of any political party, but of the Constitutional Court itself. We all know the purpose behind the creation of the treason commission by Tea Tsulukiani, the second-generation Soviet enforcer: to rewrite Georgia’s recent history in a Russian mould, to dismantle opposition parties, and to end pluralist democracy in Georgia,” stated Tina Bokuchava.

According to her, the investigative commission created in parliament and its conclusions are unconstitutional.

“The treason commission is itself unconstitutional, as are its findings, since its formation involved a gross violation of the Constitution. To now transfer Tsulukiani’s treason dossier to the Constitutional Court, where the highest law of the land, the foundation of the state, should be defended, and to turn the Court into an arena for Tsulukiani’s political spectacle is not only a disgrace and humiliation for the Court but also an affront to the nation’s dignity.

However, if the judges of the Constitutional Court again lack the personal courage and professional integrity to dismiss such a shameful lawsuit due to regime pressure, as has happened in previous cases, we at least demand that the preliminary hearing not proceed without oral arguments, so we can properly present the party’s position and that of its hundreds of thousands of supporters.

We must understand that this lawsuit concerns not only the United National Movement, but also hundreds of thousands of Georgian citizens. It concerns everyone who values Georgia as a successful, united, European state. It concerns all who cherish the ideals and legacy of the Rose Revolution. We demand oral arguments. We will speak only the truth. We will speak so that Putin and Ivanishvili hear: Antsukhelidze is immortal! The idea of the Georgian state is also immortal, and we will defend it precisely within Georgia’s Constitutional Court,” noted Tina Bokuchava.

The Georgian Dream faction, together with the political groups People’s Power and European Socialists, have prepared a joint constitutional lawsuit demanding that the activities of three political parties be declared unconstitutional and that they be banned. These parties are: the Citizens’ Political Union “Unity – National Movement”; the Citizens’ Political Union “Coalition for Change, Gvaramia, Melia, Girchi, Droa”; and the Citizens’ Political Union “Strong Georgia – Lelo, For the People, For Freedom”.