Ruling party looking to gain constitutional majority in parliamentary race - Executive Secretary
Mamuka Mdinaradze said the party would look to gain a constitutional majority and not just a “simple victory” in the general elections in October. Photo: GD press office
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Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party and the head of the faction in the Parliament, on Thursday said the party would look to gain a constitutional majority and not just a “simple victory” in the general elections in October.
In his press comments following the GD Congress that nominated Irakli Garibashvili, the outgoing Prime Minister, as the party Chair earlier during the day and Irakli Kobakhidze, the incumbent party Chair, as his replacement on Thursday, Mdinaradze alleged the “relatively vacant” opposition field posed “no obstacles” for the current ruling power.
GD would need to win at least 113 seats in the 150-member Parliament to win the constitutional majority in the legislative body.
The official also expressed confidence the combined “expertise, leadership, and patriotism” of Garibashvili and Kobakhidze would “fortify both the party and the Government”, fostering “unity and effectiveness” to ensure “further economic growth”, de-occupation of the country’s territories, alleviation of poverty and work for European integration.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the candidate for the position of the Prime Minister of Georgia, on Thursday said there was “only one team” in the Georgian Dream political faction.
Irakli Garibashvili, the Prime Minister of Georgia who was on Thursday elected as the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, said he was taking “pride” in “successful years of service” as the country’s PM between 2013-2015 and 2021-2024.
The outgoing Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday said the ruling team had “no other choice” than to “convincingly win” the 2024 parliamentary elections to avoid “war and chaos” in the country.
A session of the Congress of the ruling Georgian Dream party on Thursday elected Irakli Garibashvili, the country’s Prime Minister who announced his resignation on Monday, as the party’s new Chair, while nominating incumbent GD Char Irakli Kobakhidze as his replacement.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the candidate for the position of the Prime Minister of Georgia, will on Friday present his Government programme to the Parliament bureau.
Archil Talakvadze, the Georgian Parliament’s Vice Speaker, on Thursday said the country’s Government was responsible for securing integrity of elections, and pledged “no-one will be allowed to throw votes of citizens in rubbish” during the upcoming general vote in October.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the candidate for the position of the Prime Minister of Georgia, on Friday presented his Government composition to the Parliament bureau.