Georgian authorities refused to hold repeated parliamentary elections.
The current president Salome Zurabishvili will have to leave his post after the presidential election, ”said Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze.
Georgian Prime Minister said that the issue of holding new elections is not considered. He also emphasized that on December 29, on the day of the inauguration of the new president, she will be obliged to resign the authority, despite her intention to remain in position until possible new elections.
On the eve, against the backdrop of protests in Tbilisi, the president refused to resign his powers, calling the current government illegitimate.
In addition, the Prime Minister noted that he completed the formation of a new government by appointing 12 new ministers, based on the results of the parliamentary elections, held on October 26th.
touching the US decision on the suspension of strategic partnership with Georgia, Kobahidze said that the outgoing presidential administration Joe Bayden was trying to leave a heavy heritage for the elected President Donald Trump.
He appreciated the tension in relations between Georgia and the USA as a “temporary phenomenon.”