• On August 30, Shorena Shamatava was dismissed [1] from her role as director of the public school in the Senaki town of Nokalakevi, purportedly for political reasons. Since 2014, she had taken on the role of acting director. She claims that she openly supports the party of Giorgi Gakharia. She was informed that she would not be selected to the job of director by the chairman of the Education Resource Center after publicly expressing her political views. Shamatava claims that because she disagrees with the ruling party's policies, she has been subjected to psychological pressure for the past three years from the “Georgian Dream” and local self-government officials.

The decision-making procedure for appointing and dismissing the acting director is neither transparent nor predictable; there is good evidence [2] that decisions have been taken in this process in previous years with the influence of the ruling party and SSS. Therefore, in the described scenario, there may be signs of dismissal based on political reasons.