July 5, 2026
Narek Karapetyan writes on his Facebook page
“In 2024, the opposition of Georgia decided to boycott the parliament and not take its mandates, trying to create a crisis of legitimacy for the government that received 53%.
However, the result was the opposite. the homogeneous parliament and the absence of opposition did not weaken, but rather strengthened the ruling power, whose approval rating reached a record 56% in 2026.”
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