Bidzina Ivanishvili's "P.S." open letter

Former Prime Minister and leader of the "Georgian Dream coalition will make an official announcement of his retirement from politics on November 24.

But today, before his official announcement, Ivanishvili published an open letter, in which he addresses the topic of his resignation.

He also talks whether or not he intends to govern the country from behind the scenes and calls this opinion nonsense.

"However, no one would accuse me of holding double standards in my personal life or at work. No one can recall a single instance of my engagement in some games behind the scenes. On the contrary, sometimes my teammates themselves criticize me "behind the scenes for being overly straightforward and open to public view for a politician." writes ex PM of Georgia in his letter "Post Scriptum".

Ivanishvili remembers the past, when he had strong connections with the previous government, financing many of their reforms. However, according to him, he never participated in the appointment of high or low officials and is not planning to act otherwise now.

He stressed that his only motivation was and will always be the prosperity and well being of Georgia and its residents.

Ivanishvili will give a speech on a conference of "Georgian Dream Democratic Georgia, where he will step down from the chairmanship of the party. In his speech he will discuss the period of his political career.

At the same time, his supporters plan to gather outside the building of the conference with the posters saying "Thank You. The leaders of this initiative are saying that they want to express the gratitude towards Ivanishvili for all good deeds he has done.

You can read the full version of open letter of Bidzina Ivanishvili below.