The Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, in response to American Senator Jim Risch's statement, said that after the elections, their election promise is to “throw the rascals out” from politics.
News
Trending stories
- 1 BBC investigation: WWI–Era Chemical Weapons Used to Disperse Tbilisi Protests
- 2 Starting in 2026, First-Year Students at Private Universities Will No Longer Receive State Grants
- 3 NGOs Demand Answers on Which Chemical Substances MIA Used Against Protesters
- 4 Zurabishvili Appeals to International Organisations to Investigate Possible Use of “Camite”
- 5 Kobakhidze and Putin Attend International Forum on Neutrality in Turkmenistan
- 6 The Strasbourg Court Has Begun the Substantive Hearing of Gela Mtivlishvili's Case
"Risch said that after these elections, the Vigindars will leave Georgian space and politics. I think that's true. This is our promise. After these elections, all rascals - using his term - should be banned from Georgian politics," said Kobakhidze.
He described the senator as a fervent supporter of the United National Movement and stated that Risch cannot be an impartial observer of the October 26 parliamentary elections.
"If you want to be an impartial observer, you should not show bias at all. Risch claims to be an impartial observer of the elections from the US Senate, yet he refers to one of the political entities, specifically the ruling party, as rascal. What is the value of any of his statements after that? They are worthless. When the criticism is entirely unfair and unjust, nothing matters," the Prime Minister said.
Jim Risch, the senior member of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee from the Republican Party, stated at a committee hearing on September 12 that the citizens of Georgia will have the opportunity in October to "overcome unpreparedness and gain control over their own future." They will be closely watching the elections, the senator.
