Eight political parties in Georgia on Tuesday announced their boycott of local elections this October.
The political parties Freedom Square, European Georgia, United National Movement, Strategy Agmashenebeli, Akhali, Girchi - More Freedom, Droa, and the Federalists said that they view the local elections as "legitimizing an illegal regime," in a statement posted on Georgian broadcaster 1TV.
The political forces pledged to continue their "resistance efforts towards eliminating the oligarchic system."
In May 2024, massive protests erupted across Georgia due to a "foreign agents" law.
Both the EU and US criticized the actions taken by Georgian authorities. At that time, the ruling party, Georgian Dream, accused the West of financing a revolutionary scenario in Georgia.
Protests continued into last fall, sparked by the victory of Georgian Dream in parliamentary elections, which the opposition branded fraudulent.
