The ex-president of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili said she would continue to fulfill the “functions of the president.” This is reported by local media.
At a briefing in Tbilisi, the politician introduced a new office in which, according to her, she intends to act as the head of state.
According to Zurabishvili, the country is in a deep crisis, the exit from which can be achieved by appointing repeated parliamentary elections.
She said that she plans to hold meetings with the country’s population. In particular, on January 10, the ex-president will go to the city of Zugdidi in the west of Georgia. “I am the president and I will be the president,” Zurabishvili said.
Protest promotions in Georgia
Protest shares began in Tbilisi and other cities of Georgia after the statement of Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze that the republic will not begin to negotiate in the EU until the end of 2028.
On November 28, Kobahidze said that some European politicians intervene in the internal affairs of Georgia and blackmail Tbilisi with grants. “Taking all this into account, we decided not to raise the question of the start of negotiations with the EU for discussion until the end of 2028,” said the head of the Georgian government.
In protest against the decision of the government, residents of other cities entered the streets.
EU, the USA, the former President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili and the opposition does not recognize the results of the parliamentary elections in which the Georgian Dream won.
The Government of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze accuses a number of forces supported by the West, the former President Zurabishvili and the opposition of trying to overthrow the government through “street actions”
After the government’s decision to suspend European integration, the ambassadors of Georgia, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Bulgaria and South Korea resigned from their posts.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on the introduction of sanctions against 19 representatives of the Georgian authorities, including the Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and the leader of the ruling party “Georgian Dream” Bidzina Ivanishvili.