On December 13, 2024, People’s Power, which is composed of openly anti-European members of Georgian Dream, stated that they were leaving the ruling team and with this step were establishing a “healthy opposition”. According to Guram Matcharishvili, the leader of People’s Power, the country has a “government elected by the people” and the so-called radical opposition funded by foreign forces; accordingly, they see the need to leave the ruling team and create a “healthy opposition force”. Matcharashvili clarified that their team had no principled incompatibility with Georgian Dream.

The Political Secretary of People's Power is Mikheil Kavelashvili, who was declared the winner of the presidential elections by the Parliament on December 14. His legitimacy has not been recognized by the international community. Mikheil Kavelashvili and People's Power are mentioned in the international media as having far-right and anti-Western rhetoric. The leaders of People's Power do not hide their anti-Western sentiments. For example, on March 2, 2023, Mikheil Kavelashvili stated that the European Union [joining the European Union] was not the country's goal. The anti-European statement made by the pseudo-opposition force was repeated by Irakli Kobakhidze on November 28, 2024, and he declared that Georgia’s European integration process had been suspended until 2028.

Five members of People’s Power were in the top ten of the Georgian Dream parliamentary list for the 2024 parliamentary elections, which confirms that People’s Power is an integral part of the ruling team, and the purpose of its registration as a separate party is to create the illusion of a pseudo-opposition force.

The first donation by the illusory pseudo-opposition force was received on April 11, 2024. According to the current data, People’s Power has received eleven donations from eight individuals. The total amount of donations received, officially declared, is GEL 148,750.

The Democracy Research Center studied each donor of People’s Power. The largest donor is Viktor Japaridze. The total amount of money he donated to People’s Power is GEL 38,000. Several companies are registered in Japaridze’s name, including SETt+ LLC. This company has won tenders announced by the state and local governments worth GEL 81 million since 2012. Japaridze is also the owner of 52% of shares in the propaganda and openly pro-government media outlet POSTV (POSTV LLC). Viktor Japaridze’s name is also among the donors of the ruling team. He has donated GEL 120,000 to the party. 

Businessman Zaza Baghdavadze is also among the donors to People’s Power. Before the 2024 parliamentary elections, Baghdavadze had donated money to both Georgian Dream and People's Power. The total amount donated to Georgian Dream is GEL 40,000 and to People's Power - GEL 13,000. Baghdavadze is the owner of Eurocement LLC – a company manufacturing construction materials. Another person who had donated money to Georgian Dream and People's Power before the 2024 parliamentary elections is Beka Baghdavadze. The total amount donated to Georgian Dream is GEL 20,000 and to the pseudo-opposition force - GEL 13,000.