Irakli Nadiradze: We openly declare that we are preparing to form a coalition government after the next elections - we keep our hand extended

How correct it is to curse the "National Movement" or "Georgian Dream" and thereby establish yourself in politics, the results of the elections will probably show us this, however, we openly declare that we are preparing to form a coalition government after the next elections - we keep our hand extended. - Irakli Nadiradze, chairman of Tbilisi City Council faction "United National Movement", stated this in the "Dgis Newsroom" program of "PalitraNews" TV company while talking about the issue of cooperation with the opposition.

When asked why the opposition parties see a problem in discussing election issues with Mikheil Saakashvili, despite the offer of union from the "National Movement", Nadiradze says that it is connected with the attempt of small parties to establish their own identity.

"Smaller parties often face the problem of overcoming the barrier that "Georgian Dream" has unfairly imposed. I blame this [refusal of cooperation from the opposition] to establish their own identity in order to show the public even more that there are other political parties that do not belong to either "National Movement", nor "Georgian Dream". How correct is the way to curse "National Movement" or "Georgian Dream" and thereby establish yourself in politics, the results of the elections will probably show us.

However, despite the fact that they have chosen this path , we openly declare that we are preparing to form a coalition government after the next elections. Therefore, we keep our hands extended. Even before the elections, I think there can be many common points of contact and interests, including the fact that we fight for fair elections and Bidzina Ivanishvili is the main target I am sure that "Georgian Dream" will be in the minority and the pro-Western opposition will have a majority in the parliament.

I am also sure that we will be the team that will form the coalition government. All studies show that the role of the "National Movement" will be decisive, because without the "National Movement" it is impossible to defeat the Russian oligarch. "National Movement" is the main opposition party and we are not fighting to come in second or third place or overcome the barrier, we are fighting to come in first place.

This country needs reforms more than ever. If anyone has a team of reformers, if anyone has introduced reforms in this country after 2003, it was Mikheil Saakashvili and the "National Movement", therefore, I think voters will make this choice," said Irakli Nadiradze.

Nadiradze also assessed the year 2023 and noted that it was a difficult year, although the processes that were going on in the "National Movement" have ended and "the party has moved on to strengthening its structures".

In general, it was a difficult year in the country. We had internal party elections in the "National Movement", the party has the most democratically elected chairman in the region, because such involvement, when the chairman was directly elected, was never seen in the region or in the country. You know, the processes that were developing, but today everything is finished. The party has moved on to strengthening its structures, we are trying to attract many new, interesting people, new faces, because we have important elections ahead of us, such as the parliamentary elections of 2024.

We think that Saakashvili's party, "United National Movement", should be in such shape as never before.The processes that took place when our teammates, former teammates tried to insult and damage the Party, were not good and useful for the Party, although this process has ended. There are daily meetings in the regions, trips, we had a conference in Tbilisi. We think we are slowly getting into the shape that will be needed to defeat the Russian oligarch Ivanishvili. We will be even stronger from next year, where we will have many interesting events and interesting people.

We will try to make our team as well trained as possible, prepared for the elections, because "Georgian Dream" will try to falsify the elections again. Studies show that "Georgian Dream" has lost the support of the people. They cannot win this election. Therefore, our main task will be to have many interesting people in the team", said Irakli Nadiradze.