According to surveys of NDI (US), the Georgian Dream coalition’s popularity dropped from 60% in early 2013 to 52% in July 2013, 50% in late 2014, to 24% today. The party won the majority of parliamentary seats in October 2012. The United National Movement has the approval of 12% of people questioned. 27% have no favourites among the political parties, 46% would skip the elections, RIA Novosti reports.
Petre Mamradze, the head of the Institute of Management Strategy, noted that the Georgian Dream coalition had failed to keep up with the extremely high expectations and many of its functionaries had been even more prone to luxury and high salaries than their predecessors of the United National Movement.
At the same time, the expert says, people see no alternative to the Georgian Dream, hence their electoral passiveness. The structure of the population has produced only semi-feudal groups with their own leaders, not parties, explains Mamradze. Most of the leaders engage in populism and demagogy. Quoting George Soros, 97% of people believed in Saakashvili when voting for him, it later turned out that he privatized corruption instead of fighting it.
Nika Chitadze, the head of the Center for Studies of Security and International Relations, said that the popularity of the Georgian Dream coalition was conditioned by the socio-economic situation, devaluation of the lari. According to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the GDP growth in Georgia will amount to 2%, instead of 5%.
Chitadze reminded that about 46% of voters had cast their votes at the presidential polls of October 2013, about 43% during the municipal elections. The National Movement and Free Democrats were partly attracting voters, concluded the expert.
According to surveys of NDI (US), the Georgian Dream coalition’s popularity dropped from 60% in early 2013 to 52% in July 2013, 50% in late 2014, 24% today. The party won the majority of parliamentary seats in October 2012. The United National Movement has approval of 12% of people questioned. 27% have no favourites among political parties, 46% would skip the elections.Petre Mamradze, the head of the Institute of Management Strategy, noted that the Georgian Dream coalition had failed to keep up with the extremely high expectations and many of its functionaries had been even more prone to luxury and high salaries than their predecessors of the United National Movement.At the same time, the expert says, people see no alternative to the Georgian Dream, hence their electoral passiveness. The structure of the population has produced only semi-feudal groups with own leaders, not parties, explains Mamradze. Most of the leaders engage in populism and demagogy. Quoting George Soros, 97% of people had believed in Saakashvili when voting for him, it later turned out that he privatized corruption instead of fighting it.Nika Chitadze, the head of the Center for Studies of Security and International Relations, said that the popularity of the Georgian Dream coalition was conditioned by the socio-economic situation, devaluation of the lari. According to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the GDP growth in Georgia will amount to 2%, instead of 5%.Chitadze reminded that about 46% of voters had casted their votes at the presidential polls of October 2013, about 43% during the municipal elections. The National Movement and Free Democrats were partly attracting voters, concluded the exp
