Ex-PM Gakharia’s party For Georgia to participate in local self-government elections
Former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia resigned and left the ruling Georgian Dream party in February 2021. Photo: For Georgia.
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An opposition political party For Georgia has made an official decision to participate in the 2021 local self-government elections.
The chairman of the party Giorgi Gakharia has named his two deputies – Natia Mezvrishvili and Giorgi Khojevanishvili.
The political council of For Georgia appointed Berdia Sichinava as the party’s executive secretary, Kakhaber Kemoklidze as political secretary and Saba Jikidze as youth secretary.
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On August 2, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili confirmed October 2 as the date of local self-government elections of Georgia.
On August 1, the chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream Party Irakli Kobakhidze said 'Giorgi Gakharia's party remained dysfunctional after the extraordinary elections were removed from the agenda'.
Our [Georgian Dream's] decision on the annulling of our signatory status to the April 19 EU-mediated agreement put the two political forces in the most difficult position. This is the National Movement, which was the main culprit in the annulment of this agreement. The second one, of course, is Gakharia", Kobakhidze told Imedi TV.
Kobakhidze noted that Gakharia's party For Georgia was set up with the sole purpose of somehow helping the United National Movement so that the Georgian Dream could not take 43% , which would lead to extraordinary elections. He said due to the fact that the issue of Extraordinary elections was removed from the agenda, Gakharia's party remained dysfunctional.
Former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia resigned and left the ruling Georgian Dream party in February 2021.
Former Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has stated that he has ‘no plans to leave the country or politics.’ He told journalists earlier today that he will announce his intentions in the coming days. Gakharia resigned on February 18, 2021, saying that the step was connected with the upcoming arrest of the opposition MP and the head of the United National Movement opposition party Nika Melia.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has confirmed October 2 as the date of local self-government elections of Georgia.
The International Republican Institute (IRI) has released the results of a nationwide poll which revealed that 75 per cent of Georgians are very likely to vote in the upcoming municipal elections. 25 per cent of the voters who are not likely to participate in the local elections say that they ‘do not have confidence in the electoral process.’
The ruling Georgian Dream party has annulled its signatory status to the April 19 EU-mediated agreement which resolved a six-month political crisis in the country following the 2020 parliamentary elections and proposed large-scale electoral and judiciary reforms.Head of the ruling Georgian Dream party Irakli Kobakhidze stated earlier today that the agreement initiated by the European Council President Charles Michel ‘had completed its mission’ and accused opposition parties of non-fulfilment of the agreement.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has stated that the country must hold the October 2 municipal elections in a safe environment amid the coronavirus pandemic and has announced a meeting with the leadership of the country’s Central Election Commission (CEC) in the coming days.