Free Democrats create independent fraction in Tbilisi Sakrebulo
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The Free Democrats political party will leave the Georgian Dream (GD) coalition and create an independent fraction in Tbilisi Sakrebulo.
Free Democrat member Giorgi Muskhelishvili confirmed the new fraction would consist of four Sakrebulo members.
Muskhelishvili noted the new fraction would actively cooperate with Sakrebulo members on important issues for the capital city.
"We will do whatever is needed for Tbilisi because that is what we promised our voters,” he said.
The exit of four Free Democrats members from the GD coalition has left the coalition with 33 representatives in Tbilisi Sakrebulo.
The capital city’s legislative body consists of 50 representatives.
United National Movement (UNM) has seven members in Tbilisi Sakrebulo, Nino Burjanadze – Unified Opposition has three members and David Tarkhan-Mouravi – Alliance of Patriots has two. One additional member, Aleko Elisashvili, is an independent candidate.
A new opposition party will soon appear in the Georgian political arena after the Free Democrats (FD) held their third party congress in Tbilisi today.
Free Democrats - the party led by ex-Defence Minister Irakli Alasania – have left the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) coalition.
This decision was announced by Alasania when he and his team left the broader meeting of the political council of the GD coalition only ten minutes after it started.
The country’s recently-dismissed Defence Minister Irakli Alasania has refused future cooperation with Georgia’s opposition party United National Movement (UNM).