Levan Khabeishvili, a member of the Political Council of the National Movement, has been charged with an additional offense—calling for the overthrow of the state government. The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia announced the decision at a briefing.

According to the agency, Khabeishvili now faces charges of both promising a bribe in exchange for an illegal act and inciting the overthrow of the state government.

“The Anti-Corruption Agency of the State Security Service of Georgia has established that in August and September 2025, Levan Khabeishvili, Chairman of the Political Council of the United National Movement, systematically made public appeals on television and social networks. He allegedly promised to pay USD 200,000 as a bribe to employees of the Department for Special Assignments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs if they refused to undergo training and exercises, perform their official duties, or use the special means permitted by law. Khabeishvili also publicly pledged to pay the same amount to police officers who provided him with information or classified materials related to their official activities.

Based on a court ruling, he was arrested on September 11, 2025, and charged under Part 2 of Article 339 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which concerns promising a bribe to an official to commit an illegal act, either by taking action in favour of the bribe-giver or by refraining from performing official duties.

In addition, based on further evidence obtained in the same case, Khabeishvili was also charged under Article 317 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which pertains to making public calls to overthrow the state government. Since June 2025, he had allegedly been urging citizens to take actions aimed at overthrowing the government, even specifying a date and place for such actions,” the statement by the Prosecutor General’s Office reads.