Federalists’ Chergoleishvili: I would be delighted If circulating slide proves true, mainstream opposition is finished

“If IRI had conducted a survey that it considered worth publishing, it would have published it,” Tamar Chergoleishvili, leader of the Federalists, wrote on social media.

Chergoleishvili responded to a slide circulating on social media that purportedly shows political party ratings and to a statement by Alexandre Rakviashvili, one of the leaders of the Free People’s Party, regarding the slide.

Chergoleishvili wrote:

1. If IRI had conducted a survey that it considered worth publishing, it would have published it.
2. The circulated slide shows what I have been saying for 10 years — the mainstream opposition has been washed out, and I will only be pleased if this is true, because it confirms what I have expected for 10 years.
3. The circulated slide also shows that participating in the regime’s ‘elections’ and controlling television media has cost Lelo its existence — if this is true, it confirms my expectations.
4. The circulated slide also shows that Gakharia’s parliamentary platform and his position as a systemic opposition force have come to nothing.
5. The circulated slide also shows that Girchi, which appears on every national television channel and is trying to capitalize on the devastated opposition, is within the margin of error. In other words, even if they split in half and talk on every possible platform, their ceiling is the margin of error, like Shalva Natelashvili’s.
6. As for the Federalists — simply take into account that the Federalists are not measured through Giga Bokeria, and no professional pollster who wants to measure reality would measure the Federalists without naming Chergoleishvili, because I am the party’s spokesperson, by Bokeria’s own decision, while Bokeria is not the party spokesperson. He posts once every two weeks and that is the extent of his public communication. ‘What, does Chkhergolishvili look crazy?’ Friends, make fun of this two-percenter.”

Meanwhile, social media users have been circulating a slide purporting to show the results of an IRI survey. According to the circulated slide, Georgian Dream has 36% in the party ratings, while the United National Movement has 5%. Iago Khvichia’s Girchi, the Labour Party, Giorgi Gakharia’s For Georgia and Ahali are each listed at 2%.

Ana Dolidze’s For the People, Zurab Japaridze’s Girchi – More Freedom, Strategy Aghmashenebeli and the People’s Party are each listed at 1%. Lelo and the Federalists are not included in the ratings shown on the circulated slide.