Georgian Dream as a Nightmare for Democracy - Public Resistance and External Pressure as Substitutes for Effective Judicial Oversight

Abstract

The Georgian Dream Party has been declared as winner of the parliamentary election in Georgia. Independent observers, however, identified a large-scale, multi-faceted election-rigging scheme in favor of Georgian Dream, prompting calls to annul the results. These allegations triggered protests and sparked a debate about the future of democracy, and the rule of law in Georgia. Due to the absence of effective judicial oversight to address evidence of electoral fraud, public resistance and external pressure are crucial to preventing power capture by Georgian Dream and halting Georgia’s autocratic shift.

Keywords

• Authoritarianism
• Autoritarismus
• Democratic Backsliding
• Rule of Law
• judicial independence
• parliamentary elections