This is also speculation. There are a lot of leaders in our team. In my statement, I did not consider it appropriate to list all the leaders who are honorable leaders and comrades of our team. Accordingly, I would like to once again urge you not to look for any speculations, as there is no basis for them, - this is how the former chairman of the Georgian Dream, Irakli Gharibashvili, responded to the question asked at the briefing whether he had any incompatibility with Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and why he did not mention him in the statement he made about leaving politics.

As Gharibashvili noted, the Georgian Dream team is very large, which was gathered and formed by the party’s founder.

“Since the day our party was founded, all the successes that our party has achieved for our country and people are connected to the founder of our party, Mr. Bidzina Ivanishvili. So, why are you surprised that in my speech....

All the leaders, including me and others, many leaders, including Irakli Kobakhidze and others, were and are members of this team, and why do you think that each of them should be listed? I wish each member of our team success and sincerely believe that under the leadership of Mr. Bidzina Ivanishvili, this team, the Georgian Dream, will finally lead our country to peace and will achieve great success,” Gharibashvili said.

The journalist asked Irakli Gharibashvili, in the context of his gratitude to Bidzina Ivanishvili, what he thinks about Irakli Kobakhidze?!

“Irakli Kobakhidze was the chairman of the party when I became Prime Minister. We had an absolutely harmonious relationship. No one can name a single case where we had any incompatibility or disagreement on any issue. Here is Irakli Kobakhidze, here is the team, and ask them if they remember a single fact during my time as Prime Minister that I had any incompatibility, or any disagreement, or any inconvenience with any member of the team. Such a fact does not exist in nature. So, do not look for something... look for problems in the destroyed opposition. I hope that you will leave me alone and stop being interested in my work,” Gharibashvili told the journalist.

In addition, Gharibashvili called the creation of an opposition party stupid.

“If you are asking me, if I resigned today to create some opposition party, this is stupidity and a lie. I beg you, please, stop paying attention to this nonsense, speculation, stop repeating it. I told you that the main guarantor in this country is Bidzina Ivanishvili. Why are you asking me, what it means if I agree with [Irakli Kobakhidze] in everything? I have been the chairman of the party until now and we have been leading the work together. Irakli Kobakhidze is the Prime Minister, the head of the government, he has his own vision and I will repeat once again that I sincerely wish everyone success,” said Irakli Gharibashvili.

In addition, he said, it is “nonsense” to ask whether Irakli Kobakhidze’s work is liked or not and whether he is the Prime Minister he approves of. According to Gharibashvili, “people should evaluate the work of the Prime Minister!”

“First of all, Irakli Kobakhidze has been working as Prime Minister for only one year and wait. I recommend that you call him Prime Minister and not Irakli Kobakhidze,” - Gharibashvili addressed the journalist.

In addition, Gharibashvili was asked whether he is leaving politics without a sanction, to which he replied: “I don’t know, I don’t know. No, [I don’t have a sanction]. Why should I have one, I don’t understand?! Or why were others sanctioned?” - Gharibashvili noted.