Abstract
Coming to power in 2012, the Georgian Dream promised changes expected by Georgian society that was torn between striving for peace and prosperity, following the example of Western countries, and stabilizing relations with Russia. After seven years, this promise was not fulfilled, and the citizens were bitter about the internal and international policies of Bidzina Ivanishvili. For the purpose of this article, the research hypothesis was formulated that in June 2019 social protests broke out in the capital of Georgia, because the activities of the party headed by Bidzina Ivanishvili resulted in decreased social confidence in this formation. The authors of the article analyzed the activities of Bidzina Ivanishvili which might have sparked social unrest and identified the internal and external factors that resulted in the shrinking social confidence in Georgian authorities in recent years. The authors presented also the events of June 20, 2019, when thousands of people gathered in front of the Georgian parliament building to express their discontent with the presence of the deputy of Russian Duma, Sergei Gavrilov, at the parliamentary session, which resulted in nationwide protests.
Highlights
The study of systemic transformation in Georgia is of the utmost importance for modern political science
When the team of Mikheil Saakashvili came to power in Georgia, they decided to pursue a new foreign policy, and reform state institutions (Grodzki, 2009, p. 49)
The significance Georgian voters assign to the improvement in the quality of life is demonstrated by the fact that Salome Zurabishvili managed to win the 2018 presidential election largely due to Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze’s announcement that he would do his best to pay off the bank loans of several hundred thousand people (Górecki, 2019)
Summary
The study of systemic transformation in Georgia is of the utmost importance for modern political science. Introducing a number of changes in many fields was imperative as, at the end of the 20th century, Georgia was a failed state This was due to the conflicts in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and the civil war that broke out in this country in the early 1990s between the national-. The change of power took place peacefully It is worth noting, that Georgian Dream included a range of parties and groups with various political platforms, which were united only by their aversion (or even hostility) towards the president of Georgia. That Georgian Dream included a range of parties and groups with various political platforms, which were united only by their aversion (or even hostility) towards the president of Georgia Another factor binding smaller political entities was that they all acknowledged the leadership of Bidzina Ivanishvili, whose financial support made an effective campaign possible. The principal method used in the article is the decision method (used to examine the activities of Bidzina Ivanishvili), the systemic method (employed to indicate internal and external factors that undermined social trust in the authorities in Georgia in recent years) and the institutional-legal method (applied when analyzing the provisions to amend the constitution)
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