nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/2819f7faf30fff94 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 241121s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/2819f7faf30fff94 doi eng 342 23 Tsereteli, Nino Author aut Georgian Dream as a Nightmare for Democracy - Public Resistance and External Pressure as Substitutes for Effective Judicial Oversight Tsereteli, Nino Verfassungsblog 2024-11-21 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Authoritarianism Autoritarismus Democratic Backsliding Rule of Law judicial independence parliamentary elections (DE-588)4232076-8 gnd Autoritarismus Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/georgia-electoral-fraud-civic-resistance/ raw object