Giorgi Gakharia: It is up to Irakli Gharibashvili to decide whether he should resign or not

It is up to Irakli Gharibashvili to decide whether he should resign or not. It is the moral responsibility of all people, high-ranking politicians to their citizens and supporters - I made my decision, Gharibashvili should make his decision," Giorgi Gakharia, the founder of the For Georgia party, told reporters when asked if Irakli Gharibashvili should resign.

At the same time, Gakharia answered the question about the pre-election campaign and noted that today there is an environment where the leaders of the Georgian Dream and the National Movement "nurture each other harmoniously."

"Any violence is categorically unacceptable and there can be no 'but'. As for the vision of our party, unfortunately, it is a great disappointment for me to see an environment where the current bosses of the Dream and the National Movement harmoniously nurture each other. They encourage extreme violence. This is unacceptable to us. Some do not understand what it means when the party For Georgia says that we must defeat the National Movement, yes, we must defeat the aesthetics of violence, which has been rejected. As for the Georgian Dream, we must defeat the incompetence and weakness that characterizes this party and its leadership today. It nourishes violence," Gakharia said.

As for the fact-finding commission into the July 5 events, Gakharia said that before the commission starts working, the Parliament should listen to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Internal Affairs.

"The fact-finding commission is one of the tools of parliamentary work, but before it starts working, the Parliament should listen to the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Prime Minister and all the relevant officials. After this hearing, all the tools at the disposal of the Parliament should be used to finally investigate what happened on July 5 and who organized it, especially the systemic and organized attack on journalists. Of course, we will take part in all these instruments," Gakharia said.

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