PM pleads to defend Georgia’s interests in Constitutional Court, urges that this step is of national importance

“We will defend the national interests of our country to the very end in the Constitutional Court. Taking this step is absolutely vital for the restoration of our democratic system. It is a matter of utmost national importance,” Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told Georgian journalists in China.

According to Kobakhidze, anti-democratic and unconstitutional forces are persistently attempting to overthrow or violently alter the country’s constitutional order. In such circumstances, the democratic system must protect itself, and the mechanism for this is enshrined in the Constitution.

“This is a matter of national significance. As you can see, our country and its political system are caught in a vicious cycle. There exists a criminal group and a foreign agency that refuse to let the nation rest. These are anti-democratic, unconstitutional forces continually striving to overthrow or forcibly change the constitutional order, refusing to recognise the legitimacy of the government elected by the people.

Under such circumstances, the democratic system must, of course, protect itself, and the Georgian Constitution provides the necessary mechanism for this. It is a legal, constitutional mechanism that we will utilise to the fullest extent. We will defend the country’s interests to the utmost in the Constitutional Court.

I want to emphasise once again that taking this step is absolutely crucial and necessary for the recovery of our democratic system. We would not have come this far if it were not essential for safeguarding democracy, but this is also a necessary condition for establishing a healthy democratic system in Georgia once and for all,” Irakli Kobakhidze stated.