PM Kobakhidze calls oppositionists who signed Georgian Charter "foreign agents"

"Georgian Charter" of the country's president Salome Zourabichvili, which envisages unification of the opposition and a plan of action, including the cancellation of the law on foreign agents, has no prospects.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze made the remarks, Caliber.Az reports, citing Georgian media.

"Realistically, Salome Zourabichvili has created a register of foreign agents with the help of the Georgian Charter. There is no other way to call the list of opposition parties that have signed this so-called charter, which has no prospects," Kobakhidze said.

According to him, the signatories of the charter "wish to undermine the statehood" of Georgia.

"When foreign agents draw up some kind of agreement, their only plan is to undermine the independence of the state," he said.

On 3 June, 17 opposition parties and five independent MPs signed President Zourabichvili's Georgian Charter, with the largest opposition party, United National Movement, among the signatories.

The Charter envisages the cancellation of laws detrimental to Georgia's pro-European course, primarily the law "On Transparency of Foreign Influence". It also envisages radical reform of the judiciary and law enforcement structures, and changes in the formation of the Central Election Commission apparatus.

The document notes that "after winning the parliamentary elections" in October 2024, the charter members commit themselves to calling extraordinary parliamentary elections within a few months, which Zourabichvili claims will be truly "free and fair".