“It is a crucial example of how to relinquish the power when for the first time in the history of your country your citizens and people for the third time support, give legitimacy and mandate to run the country to the team you lead,” Georgian PM Giorgi Gakharia declared. Georgian PM reacted to Bidzina Ivanishvili’s decision to retire from politics.

The Head of the government noted that Bidzina Ivanishvili was the creator, defining force of Georgian politics in recent years.

“Today, Bidzina Ivanishvili, the chairman of the Georgian Dream, officially announced that he is leaving his position and retires from politics. Bidzina Ivanishvili was the creator, defining force of Georgian politics in recent years.

The most important thing is that this is a crucial example of how to relinquish the power when for the first time in the history of the country your citizens and people for the third time support, give legitimacy and mandate to run the country to the team you lead.

Of course, this is a crucial example, and it will be an example for the further development of our country. The mandate, the Georgian Dream obtained for the third time in the history of Georgia, is not given by accident, and Bidzina Ivanishvili plays a crucial role in this trust. It is the role that the country has achieved in the last eight years to achieve justice. It is the role that has defined the person at the center of Georgian politics and his dignity,” Giorgi Gakharia said.

The Prime Minister said that significant progress had been achieved during these eight years, although it was a difficult and challenging period.

“During these eight years, all of us together have certainly made significant progress, given that it was an extremely difficult and challenging period. It is the protection of human rights, the work of the law enforcement system, the health care system, the further Euro-Atlantic development of our country. This is all that the Georgian people have once again supported,” said the Prime Minister.

According to PM, the pandemic was another example of how Bidzina Ivanishvili always stood with his population and citizens where they needed it most.

“The pandemic was another example of how Bidzina Ivanishvili always stood with his population and citizens where they needed it the most. His role in dealing with the pandemic is crucial. Further development of our country is a great responsibility for the team created by Bidzina Ivanishvili and supported by Georgian citizens during the elections. The most important thing achieved during these eight years, which no other political force has achieved since Georgia’s independence, is a parliamentary democracy with a proportional electoral system. It is the basis that ensures the further democratic development of the country. Of course, this is the merit of Mr. Bidzina,” said the Prime Minister.

Bidzina Ivanishvili announced he retires from politics in an open letter on Monday.