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Ruling party official says “Georgian citizens make decisions” in country in message ahead of elections

Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the Georgian Dream party, appealed to members of the ruling party and voters with a message that said they had a “chance in exactly ten days to make all four agent network opposition parties operating in the country disappear” and “tell their patrons” that “Georgian citizens make decisions” in Georgia. Photo: Georgian Dream

Agenda.ge, 16 Oct 2024 - 21:28, Tbilisi,Georgia

Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday appealed to members of the ruling party and voters with a message that said they had a “chance in exactly ten days to make all four agent network opposition parties operating in the country disappear” and “tell their patrons” that “Georgian citizens make decisions” in Georgia.

Mdinaradze claimed the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for October 26 elections were the “first elections without a second round”.

The ruling party official stressed that citizens should go to polls “en masse” for “peace, dignity and a better life”, as well as for the “peaceful reunification” of the country.

He also highlighted the ruling party’s determination to bring back “our Abkhazian and Ossetian citizens” in a “peaceful way”.

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