Vice Parliament Speaker: Mamuka Mdinaradze announced UNM ban 21 years after being its political prisoner

“Mamuka Mdinaradze was one of the first political prisoners of the United National Movement (UNM). Exactly 21 years later, on March 27, 2025, he announced the historic decision to ban the party,” wrote Sozar Subari, Vice Speaker of Parliament and Chairman of the People’s Power movement, on social media.

Subari recalled that in March 2004, Mdinaradze was arrested on charges of “official negligence.” According to the indictment, signed by then-Prosecutor General Zurab Adeishvili, Mdinaradze allegedly “failed to consider the political situation in the country” and granted permission to Adjara-based students, who had already been assigned a non-custodial measure (“written agreement not to leave”), to return home.

Subari emphasized the absurdity of the charges, noting that Mdinaradze was acquitted by all court instances. He also pointed out that one of the judges involved in the case was later imprisoned on fabricated charges, describing this as a clear example of the UNM’s control over the judiciary at the time.

“Exactly 21 years later, on March 27, 2025, Mamuka Mdinaradze was the one to announce the historic decision to ban the United National Movement,” Subari stated.