Mamuka Mdinaradze

Recent Political Developments Regarding Georgia

Recent Political Developments Regarding Georgia

US Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Russia's invasion of Georgia; EU Ambassador to Georgia expects Tbilisi to make progress in fulfilling EC’s recommendations; United National Movement faction chairwoman on Bidzina Ivanishvili's capital
Controversy Among Georgian Dream, US Embassy, and Opposition after Hearing in US Senate

Controversy Among Georgian Dream, US Embassy, and Opposition after Hearing in US Senate

On November 16, during the hearing held at the US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee to assess US policy in the Caucasus, Senators asked Karen Donfried, the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, critical questions about Georgia’s democratic backsliding, among other issues, US Senator Jeanne Shaheen said, "The current Georgian Government said that candidate status was a key commitment that it was going to make, but they have reneged on that commitment."
Georgian Dream on the opposition proposed de-oligarchization bill

Georgian Dream on the opposition proposed de-oligarchization bill

On November 2, Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party, stated that the opposition's efforts to advance the de-oligarchization bill had been referred to as fighting windmills because the law cannot be applied to someone who has retired from politics [referring to Bidzina Ivanishvili, the GD party founder].
Georgian Dream and Opposition on Public Defender Selection

Georgian Dream and Opposition on Public Defender Selection

Mamuka Mdinaradze, who is the Executive Secretary of the Georgian Dream (GD) and the Chairperson of the GD's Parliamentary Faction, says that the GD will not put forward a candidate for Public Defender unless the opposition sabotages the process or doesn't put forward candidates on purpose.

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