Ruling party Sec Gen: polarisation of political environment “cannot be ended unilaterally”
Kaladze noted the Georgian Government was “ready to take specific steps” against the polarised political field. Photo: Tbilisi City Hall
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Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi and the Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said the polarisation of the domestic political environment could not be ended “unilaterally” and the opposition had a “great responsibility” in the process.
Kaladze noted the Georgian Government was “ready to take specific steps” against the polarised political field.
The responsibility is shared among everyone, and it is not only a matter of the Government, because the polarisation cannot be ended unilaterally. Accordingly, the opposition has a very big responsibility in this direction, although I don't know to what extent they will consider and understand these demands. I really have no illusion that the opposition will become constructive tomorrow”, the GD official said.
Kaladze also said a part of the domestic opposition pursued “destructive steps”, while noting the Government still had a “great responsibility before the Georgian people” and would “do everything so that the reconstruction of the country is not hindered”.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday said if the European Council did not grant the country the European Union membership candidate status later this year, the decision would “contribute to the polarisation” of the domestic political environment.
Viola von Cramon, a Member of the European Parliament, on Tuesday called the ruling Georgian Dream party’s proposal for fulfilling the 12-point conditions outlined by the European Union for granting the country the membership candidate status later this year a “great signal”.
Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chairman of the Rules and Procedural Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, on Tuesday called on the domestic opposition to “abandon” its “revolutionary scenario”, recognise the results of the recent elections and stop using “political slogans that torpedo the political process” in the country.
Levan Ioseliani, a member of the Citizens opposition party and the Vice Speaker of the Parliament, on Tuesday said the domestic opposition should work with the proposals presented by the ruling Georgian Dream party for fulfilling the European Union’s conditions for obtaining the membership candidate status later this year in addition to presenting its own vision.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday pledged that “no later than a month” after receiving the European Union membership candidate status for Georgia in December of this year, the Parliament would approve a lower two percent threshold for parliamentary elections.
The time for changing the government with “revolutionary scenarios” is over in Georgia and all those who try to illegally and unconstitutionally “bring disorder” in the country will be punished in compliance with the law, Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi and Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party said on Wednesday.