Irakli Kobakhidze: The National Movement is disintegrating, but it is necessary to neutralize the "collective National Movement" along with them

The National Movement is already having a hard time, including in terms of ratings, Irakli Kobakhidze, Chairman of Georgian Dream, said.

According to him, the Natio­nal Movement is disintegrating, but it is necessary to neutralize the "collective Natio­nal Movement" along with them.

"This political party is collapsing and the process will definitely continue. In the end, these processes should continue until 2024 so that the Natio­nal Movement is no longer a factor in Georgian politics. However, one thing should be emphasized here, it doesn't matter whether the second force in the political system will remain to be a formal Natio­nal Movement or any other political force that will actually be the Natio­nal Movement. The Natio­nal Movement is a collective phenomenon and includes Lelo, Gakharia's party, Vashadze's party, Zura Japaridze, Khoshtaria, etc. Together they are a collective Natio­nal Movement. Therefore, the main thing is not the neutralization of the Natio­nal Movement as a political party in our political system, but it is necessary to neutralize the collective Natio­nal Movement and society's efforts should be directed towards this," said Irakli Kobakhidze.

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