“Ivanishvili is excluded from the entire civilized world. As for his cohort, all the people who create a kleptocratic authorities around him are automatically under the spotlight and I am sure they will also be influenced by such tools," Khatia Dekanoidze, chairwoman of the United National Movement faction, told reporters, responding to the resolution adopted in the European Parliament, which recommends imposing sanctions on Ivanishvili.
According to her, the people who abuse journalists, kill them and do not investigate are also under attention. At the same time, Dekanoidze believes that the resolution drew a sharp line between the citizens of Georgia and Ivanishvili and the Georgian Dream.
"When we talked to our partners years ago that Bidzina Ivanishvili was an informal ruler and all state institutions are under his influence, there was a more or less cautious attitude on the part of our partners. The civilized world has drawn this line sharply since the military aggression in Ukraine, and all international partners, the European Parliament, say that Ivanishvili is an informal ruler, has close ties to Russia, and that this informal rule is a major obstacle to European integration. Therefore, it has been sharply emphasized that Georgian citizens are on one side and Bidzina Ivanishvili with his informal government on the other side, this is an unprecedented event in the history of Georgian statehood. As far as we have been informed, Bidzina Ivanishvili is very angry with the leaders of the Georgian Dream, because it was the function of Kobakhidze, Gharibashvili and others to protect him from sanctions. Therefore, according to our information, there are very important internal tremors,” Dekanoidze said.