Quitting a governmental posts is sabotage against the country, PM says
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Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili is calling statements of three former high officials who left their duties this week – one was dismissed and two resigned - as "totally irresponsible” and their actions of quitting their duties could be seen as "sabotage” against country.
Garibashvili believed the allegations made by dismissed Defence Minister Irakli Alasania and resigned Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze and State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Alex Petriashvili, about so-called ‘threats’ of changing Georgia’s European and Euro-Atlantic future was against the country’s interests.
"Georgia’s policy is irreversible,” Garibahsvili confirmed.
On Tuesday night before Garibashvili dismissed Defence Minister Irakli Alasania, he [Alasania] criticized the arrests of several Ministry officials and said they were politically motivated and called it an "attack on Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic choice”.
"The government … stands on its way towards European and Euro-Atlantic integration, this direction is firm, there is no other way to swerve from this direction,” PM Garibashvili said at a press briefing today.
"This is the choice and firm will of our citizens. No one is able to undertake European orientation of our country. Speculation by the people’s choice is unjustifiable and unacceptable,” Garibashvili said.
He stressed that statements by members of the political party Free Democrats, which is led by Alasania, posed a threat to the Georgian state and its European choice.
"It must be clear for society that the announcements are voiced by one political party [Free Democrats] members. They are making a choice between the individual and the state. As well as expressing solidarity with each other,” he noted.
The Prime Minister was confident that hampering an investigation by political motives was inadmissible.
The Prosecutor’s Office filed two criminal charges relating to the Ministry of Defence and general staff of the Georgian Armed Forces (GAF) for allegedly misspending 4.1 million GEL state funds.
"In 2012 the people gave the trust mandate to Bidzina Ivanishvili - Georgian Dream for European integration and values stated by us. This was not a merit of a particular politician or a political team and no one can use this trust for their own political scores," Garibashvili said.
He believed the country was strong, and its institutions were working accurately and he would not allow any harm come to the country's interests.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili believes allegations made by recently dismissed Defence Minister Irakli Alasania and former Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze that the country’s European and Euro-Atlantic policy threats are "ridiculous and naïve.”
Georgia’s Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze resigned a day after Prime Minister sacked Defense Minister Irakli Alasania after he criticized the arrests of several Defence Ministry officials as politically motivated and an "attack on Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic choice”.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has introduced the country's new Defence Minister today.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili made a special statement at a briefing after his meeting with the coalition majority at the Georgian Dream coalition office this evening, where he announced he had dismissed the country’s Defence Minister Irakli Alasania.
Georgia’s Defence Minister Irakli Alasania believes two criminal investigations related to the Ministry of Defense and general staff of the Georgian Armed Forces (GAF) was "obviously politically motivated”.
State Minister of Georgia on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Alex Petriashvili announced his resignation during a live interview with the Georgian Maestro TV after receiving news of the dismissal of his political ally Defence Minister Irakli Alasania. Alasania was fired by the Prime Minister last evening.
Georgia’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has once again been brought into the public spotlight after the Chief Prosecutors Office announced negligence charges against several Ministry officials today.
The Georgian leader believed the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) coalition would have the majority in Parliament despite Alasania and members of the Free Democrats quitting the coalition and the Government will continue to work more effectivly.
Parliament Speaker David Usupashvili says he is confident Georgia’s domestic and foreign policy was clearly defined and any suggestion that there is a threat to the country’s Euro-Atlantic integration are unreasonable.
European Union (EU) Ambassador to Georgia Janos Herman is responding to the political developments in Georgia and says he is confident in Georgia’s European integration.