Opposition MP: claims of part of opposition that Gov’t will not be replaced through elections “wrong”
In her comment over the matter, Samnidze stressed the current Georgian Government would step down from power through elections. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Khatuna Samnidze, an opposition MP and the Chair of the Republican Party, on Thursday said it was “wrong” on the part of a section of the opposition to reject election campaigning by claiming the Georgian Dream Government would not let itself be replaced through voting.
Samnidze was commenting on the statement of Zurab Girchi Japaridze, the leader of the Girchi - More Freedom opposition party, who earlier today said the domestic opposition was “capable of doing a lot”, including storming of Government institutions.
In her comment over the matter, Samnidze stressed the current Georgian Government would step down from power through elections.
"Protests are a constitutional form of expression, just like rallies - we have seen this many times in our country. Citizens have the right to protest, take part in rallies and this is a normal process”, she noted.
It is wrong to say that this Government will not be replaced through elections and that [therefore] we don't need elections. I will never agree with that - this Government will go through elections, through maximum participation of our citizens in elections”, Samnidze said in her reaction.
Gia Tsagareishvili, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday hit back at the Chair of the United National Movement opposition party, Nika Melia, for the latter’s critical comments on GD on Thursday that accused the party of “collaborationism with the enemy” and called ruling party representatives “cannons” for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Khatuna Samnidze, an opposition MP and the Chair of the Republican Party, on Thursday said the implementation of the 12-point conditions established by the European Union for granting Georgia the membership candidate status should “go beyond party interests”.
Citizens opposition party MP Aleko Elisashvili on Monday said the idea of a “technical government” in the country had “failed” as he accused non-governmental organisation representatives of “turning into politicians” and deciding to “overthrow the Government” before “declaring themselves ministers” in a rally held in Tbilisi on Sunday.
The Georgian opposition think they are working against the Government, but in reality they are acting against the country itself, Nikoloz Samkharadze, the ruling Georgian Dream party MP who chairs the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Friday in an interview with the Georgian Public Broadcaster.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday said while the domestic “radical opposition” was talking about “revolutionary scenarios”, the Government was holding its place and would “do everything to maintain peace and double-digit economic growth” in the country.