PM Garibashvili: ‘Saakashvili may be questioned’

"If there are any questions raised during the process of investigation, Mikhail Saakashvili, the former president, will be questioned. And there is nothing special about it, said Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili during his interview with the Russian media Russia Today, published on November 2.

Irakli Garibashvili mentioned that the Georgian Dream coalition faced the hardest legacy from the previous one, and the healthy competition with them (The United National Movement) is very hard.

"These people have been offering their citizens a deception-driven type of democracy. It was just a fade democracy. It was all fade. I have looked into every field. Name one field where they have not implemented fade changes, fade reforms. These people have prosecuted 300,000 people. To me, it is disastrous 300,000 of their fellow citizens in nine years. It was a very ambiguous regime, if you are interested in my take on this issue. I cannot accept all this quietly and without emotions. Moreover, I cannot accept calmly criticism from them, their sabotage or moral lecturing. This is cynicism at its worst. said Irakli Garibashvili.

PM Garibashvili also discussed Georgias European orientation. According to him, Georgia does not have a better choice and Europe is the only right way and European culture is Georgias historical choice.

However, on the journalists question, is Georgia ready for sharing European values, Garibashvili answered, that Georgia needs to develop incrementally, step by step and Georgians have many tests to pass.

"As for the Georgian-Russian bilateral relations, Georgian Prime Minister mentioned, "The Georgian government does have a number of questions for the Russian government, especially about the barbed wires installation on Georgian territory.

"President Putin made a statement about the necessity to build trust between the Russians and the Georgians and that this process must be expedited, said Irakli Garibashvili. "This borderization process impedes the process of confidence-building. It is truly incomprehensible to us and our government.

"On one hand, we honestly want to restore trust among our nations. On the other hand, there is this borderization process which creates a great deal of discomfort: instances of temporary incarceration of people are intensifying; several houses wound up on the other side of the dividing line. Our population is very concerned about all this. stated Georgian Prime Minister.