Opposition leader: voters will punish United National Movement, citizens know is politically immature and irresponsible
Giga Bokeria made this comment after the UNM announced it would nominate Khatia Dekanoidze as a majoritarian MP candidate for the UNM in Isani district of Tbilisi for the upcoming parliamentary elections. Photo: IPN.
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One of the leaders of the opposition European Georgia party and a former member of the United National Movement (UNM) party Giga Bokeria predicts voters will punish the UNM this October when the country goes to the polls in parliamentary elections, as 'our citizens do not make mistakes when assessing who is politically immature and irresponsible.’
He made this comment after the UNM announced it would nominate Khatia Dekanoidze as a majoritarian MP candidate for the UNM in Isani district of Tbilisi for the upcoming parliamentary elections that will be held on October 31.
Bokeria thinks that this decision is 'bad and harmful for the opposition and for the fight against Bidzina Ivanishvili' who is the chairperson of the ruling Georgian Dream party.
Bokeria said that European Georgia remains committed to the agreement reached by the opposition parties to nominate joint candidates.
- Opposition names 6 of 8 joint candidates for Tbilisi in forthcoming parliamentary elections
- Opposition names joint candidates for Saburtalo and Didube-Chugureti constituencies
On August 26 the UNM nominated Khatia Dekanoidze as a majoritarian candidate in Isani where in total five candidates will compete in the parliamentary elections:
- United Movement Party - Khatia Dekanoidze
- Political movement Tribune - Davit Tchitchinadze
- United opposition - Giorgi Vashadze
- Georgian Dream - Kakhi Kakhishvili
- Lelo - Lana Galdava
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