Gakharia for Georgia’s Sharashidze views UNM, both separately and within Opposition Alliance, as red line

Giorgi Sharashidze, MP from Gakharia for Georgia, said the party is not interested in who will chair the United National Movement (UNM) party.

According to Sharashidze, holding discussions over UNM chairmanship is not serious.

“Who will be the chairperson of the UNM is a secondary issue and irrelevant for Georgian citizens. Holding discussions over the matter is unserious and not our affair. If the National Movement itself is trying to divert interest and attention from real problems, who could become the chairman of the National Movement, this once again emphasizes their irresponsibility,” he said.

Responding to the question of whether the UNM would quit the Opposition Alliance, Giorgi Sharashidze said that it was up to the party to decide.

“For us, the UNM has always been, is and will be a red line. Whether it stays in the alliance or outside the alliance has no significance. We have nothing to do with these boycotters. We distanced ourselves from the idea of ​​a boycott from the very beginning, saying that it was a path to nowhere. The only thing that could have been achieved by the boycott is aggravating the autocratic regime of the ‘Dream.’ This is exactly what happened after October 4. We cannot have any connection with those people, political forces, who are directly or indirectly the creators of the October 4 provocation, which resulted in the imprisonment of tens of people, weakening of the opposition and peaceful protest and strengthening the GD. No one claimed responsibility. Therefore, let them decide who will quit the Opposition Alliance or will be the UNM Chair,” he said.

Giorgi Sharashidze believes that Georgian citizens must decide Georgia’s fate.

“We have always said that the fate of Georgia must be decided by citizens of Georgia. This is also related to the context of the elections. We believe that the government should be changed through a democratic, peaceful way since Georgian citizens participate in the elections. These issues are correlated.

When there is a political force in our representation that tells the citizens of Georgia that we can only change the government through elections, this automatically means that the fate of Georgia is up to the Georgian citizens to decide, and we must put a full stop,” he said.