Ruling party official claims “radical” opposition aiming for country’s failure to receive EU candidate status
In his remarks, Mdinaradze contrasted the alleged aim with the goal of the ruling team to ensure “economic development, stability and peace”. Photo: Georgian Dream Press Office
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Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday claimed the goal of the domestic “radical” opposition was to see the country fail to receive the European Union membership candidate status and see war break out in Georgia amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In his remarks, Mdinaradze contrasted the alleged aim with the goal of the ruling team to ensure “economic development, stability and peace”.
I really do not have an expectation that [the opposition] will be involved in implementing the [EU] recommendations [for receiving the status]”, Mdinaradze said, before accusing a part of the opposition of plans for causing unrest.
“[I]t is evident from their statements that they aim to fulfil a three-point plan [instead] - the first point is to raise [the public’s] expectations on receiving the status as much as possible and then [ensure] not receiving it. [...] After that - staging a revolution, chaos and changing the Government”, the GD official said.
Mdinaradze stressed the scenario described by him would be promoting “Russian interests” in the country, and pointed out actions of the “radical” opposition were “wilfully or inadvertently” supporting plans of the occupier country”.
If their plan were to be implemented, it is inconceivable that Russia would not come here within a month at most. This is their goal”, he said.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's European Union Integration Committee, on Monday said the country “definitely” deserved the European Union membership candidate status but noted it was a “political decision that must be made by the [bloc’s] 27 member states”.
Obtaining the European Union membership candidate status for Georgia is a goal that has “no alternative” for the country, President Salome Zourabichvili said on Monday in a press briefing in Vilnius with her Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nausėda.
Archil Talakvadze, the Georgian Parliament’s Vice Speaker, on Monday claimed the “radical” domestic opposition had “used the youth for their political purposes” during last month’s protests in Tbilisi against the proposed bill on transparency of foreign influence.
Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Friday claimed President Salome Zourabichvili had "strengthened the false campaign” of the opposition United National Movement party with her address to the Parliament on Friday.
Pawel Herczynski, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, on Tuesday said he hoped Georgia would become a member of the bloc, noting the outcome would “bring enormous benefits to the country”.
Mamuka Mdinaradze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party in the Parliament, on Tuesday said the “radical wing” of the domestic opposition was proceeding with its “harmful, anti-state” campaign by telling the international community “lies” about Georgian authorities failing to fulfil the conditions outlined by the European Union for granting its membership candidate status to the country.
Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi and the Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Saturday said it was “wrong” to think that “something” could be “achieved” in Georgia by confrontation, revolution and overthrowing the Government.