In the context of the rally, the President called on us to unite with the war party, the radical opposition, which she herself exposed in the anti-state campaign - this is not serious, to put it mildly," Irakli Kobakhidze, chairman of the Georgian Dream, said in response to the June 16 rally announced by President Salome Zurabishvili.
According to him, 85% of the population in Georgia supports European integration and "tomorrow, unprepared rally will only diminish this picture."
"The EU must make a fair decision based on an assessment of the achievements of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova. In terms of a fair assessment, there is no alternative to granting candidate status to Georgia. We will wait for the decision of the European Union, we have faith that truth and justice will prevail, which are the values that the European Union has been based on since its creation.
When such unprepared rally is planned, we have specific data, more than 85% of the population supports Georgia's integration into the EU, and in such a case, when you hold an unprepared rally, where there will be serious shortcomings, then we must distance from the unprepared rally. This is an absolutely non-serious initiative," Kobakhidze said.
For information, the President of Georgia proposed citizens to gather on Europe Square on June 16 to "see each other and show Europe our self, our unity", and addressed the participants of the "Home to Europe" rally on June 20 to postpone it. According to President, June 20 rally is associated with many dangers.