Archil Talakvadze: Since the new candidate for the PM’s position is nominated from the parliamentary space, the radical opposition tried a new frequency of communication - time will tell whether this is really a real change

Since the new candidate for the position of Prime Minister is nominated from the parliamentary space, representatives of the radical opposition tried a new frequency of communication, which the public liked - time will tell whether this is really a real change in the radical opposition, but the fact is that they tried, - Parliament Vice-Speaker Archil Talakvadze told journalists, as he answered the question about the behavior of the opposition MPs during the sessions.

According to him, there were expectations that the nomination of an experienced parliamentary leader to the position of the Prime Minister would change the political environment and reality in which communication between the opposition and the government took place. Another reason, which Archil Talakvadze associates with the change in the behavior of the opposition, is the advice of the "bosses" of the National Movement.

“The lobbyists of the National Movement and their patrons in principle saw the main factors why the National Movement have lost 10 elections already – they were their destructive actions and working against their own country. It seems that the lobbyists of the National Movement also realized that this party cannot win elections with such approaches, so they have a new advice, a new instruction, whatever you want to call this change, but the fact is, someone smarter than them saw all this and advised them,” - said Talakvadze.

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