Speaker: USAID must clarify spending on Georgian NGOs that undermine elections

USAID has allocated $41.7 million to Georgia’s elections through political NGOs, Shalva Papuashvili, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, posted on social media, Report informs via GPB.

“Considering the population ratio, this amount is equivalent to injecting $3.78 billion in foreign funds into US elections. The comparison becomes even more striking when based on the countries’ GDPs. It is unacceptable to spend $41.7 million on another nation’s elections without expressing accountability to that nation’s population,” the speaker wrote.

“Furthermore, USAID, which was involved in disseminating false parallel vote count results and attempting to overturn elections in 2020, has continued similar actions in 2024. Therefore, it must explain how tens of millions of dollars are spent on organizations that repeatedly attempt to undermine elections,” writes Shalva Papuashvili.