On 19 April 2021, the ruling Georgian Dream party and the opposition signed an agreement, which ended a six-month political crisis stemming from the contested 2020 parliamentary elections.

Most parties signed the agreement, and elected opposition MPs took up their parliamentary mandates which they had refused until then.

According to the head of the Georgian Dream party Irakli Kobakhidze, the agreement "failed to accomplish its goals" because of the UNM's refusal to join it.

However, later on the same day Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili held press briefing, where he announced that Saakashvili was arrested in Tbilisi.

According to the investigation, Saakashvili entered the country secretly, hiding in a semi-trailer truck loaded with milk products.

The election date is appointed by the President of Georgia 60 days prior to the polls and countersigned by Prime Minister.