Ruling party official warns against “illegal” Gov’t change, election interference

Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi and the Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday warned against attempts of “illegal” change of the Government and interference in the parliamentary elections in October. 

Kaladze’s comments followed President Salome Zourabichvili on Wednesday highlighting the threat of Russian “propaganda” and its possible interference in the elections.

In his remarks, Kaladze stressed the elections would be “conducted democratically” and “no country” would be “able to bring chaos”.

“No-one will be given the opportunity to bring tension to the elections”, he said.

The official added that a change of government should “occur solely through elections and citizens’ decisions”.