UNM Loses 35 Sakrebulo Members After Split, the Party Says

United National Movement lost 35 out of the 276 total members of local councils, Sakrebulos, following the party split, according to UNM’s statement on February 1.

“35 members of 14 Sakrebulos (including nine municipal districts and five cities) left the party,” UNM stated.

Among them, three in the Tbilisi City Council (out of seven), nine in Khoni (out of 12), four in Gurjaani (out of six), four in Zugdidi (out of 18), four in Khulo (out of five), two in Akhaltsikhe (out of 11), two in Adigeni (out of six), two in Poti (out of two), two in Kutaisi (out of four), one in Akhalkalaki (out of one), one in Mtskheta (out of two), one in Chiatura (out of 5).

UNM added that it still commands 241 Sakrebulo members.

The statement echoes the dispute over the assessments of the scale of the recent split; while European Georgia members claim that the party was divided, those remaining argue that it was “a small group who quit the party.”