“People’s Power Stages” Move into “Opposition  

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**Anti-Western Party Leaves Ruling Coalition**

Guram Macharashvili, the leader of People’s Power, a party critical of the West, has announced that his party will leave the ruling parliamentary majority. He claims there is no “healthy opposition” in the .

People’s Power was created in 2022 as anti-Western platform. It folded back into its parent party, GD, during the election campaign. Now, with GD sitting alone in , Macharashvili argues that the country needs a true opposition to perform its duties.

He says the rest of the opposition is “radical” and financed by forces, lacking independence. Paradoxically, he claims to have no fundamental disagreement with GD.

Macharashvili’s party has been known for its criticism of the West and its efforts to restrict the of foreign-. It initiated a bill called the “Foreign Agents” bill in 2023, which was reintroduced by the last April.

**Key Facts:**

* People’s Power is leaving the ruling parliamentary majority.
* The party claims there is no healthy opposition in the country.
* Guram Macharashvili, the leader of People’s Power, says he has no fundamental disagreement with GD.
* Mikheil , a nominated by Ivanishvili, belongs to People’s Power.

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