Ruling party Georgian Dream launches English-language weekly podcast today
The podcast listeners can post questions to the Georgian ruling party via the comment fields under the video. Photo: video grab.
Tweet 
Share
The ruling Georgian Dream party has launched a new weekly English-language podcast on Youtube oriented on the audience outside Georgia.
GD PODCAST is created to discuss top issues on important ongoing political processes in Georgia, regional security, de-occupation, Euro-Atlantic integration, international relations, and economic development of the country, the party's press release reads.
Newly launched GD PODCAST brings you policy discussions and the ruling Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia” party’s perspective on political developments in Georgia, Euro-Atlantic aspirations, and regional geopolitical prospects.
— Georgian Dream (@GeorgianDream41) September 20, 2021
GD’s Irakli Kobakhidze https://t.co/akgal12vEx
GD PODCAST is intended for an international audience interested in Georgia’s development and its place on the global map," GD's press release says.
The GD Chairman Irakli Kobakhidze was the first guest of the podcast.
In an interview with the head of the podcast, Deputy Chair of the Educational and Science Committee of the Parliament Tamar Taliashvili, Kobakhidze discussed constitutional reform and the "so-called ‘artificial crisis’" in the country.
The podcast listeners can post questions to the Georgian ruling party via the comment fields under the video.
The ruling Georgian Dream party has annulled its signatory status to the April 19 EU-mediated agreement which resolved a six-month political crisis in the country following the 2020 parliamentary elections and proposed large-scale electoral and judiciary reforms.Head of the ruling Georgian Dream party Irakli Kobakhidze stated earlier today that the agreement initiated by the European Council President Charles Michel ‘had completed its mission’ and accused opposition parties of non-fulfilment of the agreement.
Head of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party, MP Irakli Kobakhidze has reminded the parliamentary opposition that constitutional amendments related to electoral and other issues are a result of the party’s goodwill as the GD has withdrawn from the EU-mediated agreement.The agreement signed by the ruling party and the majority of opposition parties on April 19, 2021 obliged the signatories to carry out large-scale electoral and judiciary reforms.
Head of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party Irakli Kobakhidze has responded to the criticism of the EU and US embassies on the removal of a stipulation from constitutional amendments on the election rule of Georgia's prosecutor general. Kobakhidze stated that the stipulation was ‘legal nonsense,’ noting that the US and EU ambassadors ‘are likely not to have had’ proper and correct consultations around the issue.
The ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party has presented the election video ‘My Georgia is Here’ ahead of the October 2 municipal elections. "Our music video expresses our aspiration for the unity of our country and society which is united by love,” Head of the GD Irakli Kobakhidze stated. PM Garibashvili and the ruling party candidate for Tbilisi mayor thanked their voters for the support.
The ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party says that it may accept a two per cent election threshold for the next two parliamentary elections, noting that ‘it will be [a sign of] the goodwill of the GD and will be dependent on how the opposition will act.’