Ruling party head rules out early Parliamentary elections
Pointing out preparations for next year's vote were set to begin "in a few months", he said "instead of [involving themselves in] self-damaging rhetoric, I advise them to concentrate on the Parliamentary elections”. Photo: Georgian Dream Press Office
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Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday ruled out the prospect of early Parliamentary elections in the country and called on the domestic “radical” opposition to "concentrate on the elections instead of self-damaging rhetoric”.
Responding to the recent calls for elections from a part of the domestic opposition, Kobakhidze said the opposition “know very well that there will be no early elections. The elections will be held within the constitutional terms - in October 2024”.
Pointing out preparations for next year's vote were set to begin "in a few months", he said "instead of [involving themselves in] self-damaging rhetoric, I advise them to concentrate on the Parliamentary elections”.
Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi and the Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Friday said the former United National Movement Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili and UNM Chair Levan Khabeishvili had a “desire” to cause a change in the domestic political scene through “staging a confrontation, a revolution, a coup”.
Khatuna Samnidze, an opposition MP and the Chair of the Republican Party, on Thursday said the demand for snap elections by a part of the domestic opposition was “wrong and a political short-sightedness”.
Aleko Elisashvili, the leader of the Citizens opposition party, on Thursday said he would not join the rally scheduled by a part of the domestic opposition in central Tbilisi on April 9 due to its connection to the United National Movement opposition party.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said the feedback received from the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe on the domestic bill on deoligarchisation, a part of the conditions for obtaining the European Union membership candidate status, would be taken into account.
Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said the opposition United National Movement party’s boycotting of the Parliament was “incompatible” with goals of implementation of the European Union conditions for granting the country its membership candidate status.
Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chair of the Rules and Procedural Issues Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Tuesday said snap Parliamentary elections could “not be legally held” with the scheduled 2024 voting approaching, and added there were “no political prerequisites” for calling a snap vote in the country.