MP Machavariani: Radical opposition appears in dead end after refusing parliament and failing to prove rigging

“The radical opposition is in a dead end, and they brought this deadlock upon themselves by refusing to participate in parliamentary work, deceiving their voters by claiming elections were rigged, yet failing to produce a single piece of evidence,” declared MP Levan Machavariani, a member of the Georgian Dream ruling party.

According to him, after last year’s elections, the opposition was claiming daily that their agenda was to destabilise the country’s economy and impose economic isolation; they would march around the capital demanding sanctions against their own country.

“They threw themselves into this situation, following the dictates and instructions of external masters. They had no other choice, such is an agent’s fate: receive instructions and carry them out. Khabeishvili and the old United National Movement are in an even worse situation. Those four radical parties, two of which are participating in elections and two are not, are interdependent, controlled by a single hierarchical structure, yet each seeks to be the favourite of these external influences. Those external forces we refer to as the informal governance or the ‘global war party,’ which Trump describes as the ‘deep state.’

It’s mutually exclusive to speak of both overthrowing the government and legitimate overthrow, if one uses such terminology as Khabeishvili does. Nothing will come of it, whether it’s Khabeishvili or whoever else. Over the past four years, we have witnessed the immense pressure under which Georgian political processes have developed, the substantial backing that the United National Movement and these four radical parties received from external actors alongside their wealthy NGOs, and the numerous revolutionary attempts that have taken place. The state stands at the height of its calling, our law enforcement agencies stand at the height of their calling, whatever threats there may be, whether from Khabeishvili or anyone else, we don’t take this seriously,” declared Levan Machavariani.

Regarding local government elections, Levan Machavariani says these are very significant elections.

“Local elections directly concern citizens’ daily lives and communal problems. The elected majoritarian MPs and mayors will work to solve population problems in their municipalities and regions. Our team is prepared to work tirelessly over the next four years to address and resolve as many of the issues that trouble every citizen as possible. Challenges remain in Georgia and Tbilisi, and it’s the task of our mayoral candidates and majoritarian deputies to solve the population’s problems,” declared Levan Machavariani.