Where there is an opportunity to break at least one limb of Bidzina Ivanishvili's political structure - you must do it! You must fight! We say that we will fight, whoever is ready for this fight, let's fight together! - Irakli Kupradze, Secretary General of Lelo - Strong Georgia, stated on PalitraNews.
According to Kupradze, Lelo - Strong Georgia was offering Salome Zurabishvili as a "neutral candidate" in the local elections to other opposition colleagues.
“During these 13 years, the opposition is now the strongest it has ever been. This is reflected in the support that the opposition has, according to surveys. There has never been an opposition with such great support. The opposition is not united, it is difficult for us to talk to each other. We tried our best to reach an agreement. Every day worked against us, but we considered the issue of unity so important that we were ready for compromises and made a compromise offer. For example: the Tbilisi version, the version of a neutral candidate, etc. [We offered neutral candidacies to our opposition colleagues, including Salome Zurabishvili’s candidacy. We all communicated, but I will not speak on behalf of anyone else. I think that in the case of unity, Salome Zurabishvili would probably agree. Because Salome Zurabishvili is looking for unity, which is right on her part, and we are not criticizing Salome Zurabishvili,” said Kupradze.
According to him, before the 2024 parliamentary elections, the government did such things, there was an expectation of victory, a turning point.
„After the 2024 parliamentary elections, the Georgian Dream did even more shameful things. It entered into a more open confrontation with the West and lost citizens' support even more. In this situation, you say to me: “I have been defeated, I have become numb, I am capitulating,” and you are giving up the most important resource. We have always said that saying “elections have been canceled” in a country is a mistake. The government changes in two ways in states, either through elections or through revolution. When you say that there are no elections in this country, are you organizing a revolution?! Do you see the possibilities of revolution in this country? [The goal of running in the elections is] to damage Bidzina Ivanishvili. In this situation, we should not give Bidzina Ivanishvili the opportunity to consolidate. Why is the parliament lame? - Because we all left the parliament together. We have the opportunity to fight. If we fought together, we would really be playing a winning game. We can really make Bidzina Ivanishvili’s power lame, as we did in the parliament. Did we win the 2024 parliamentary elections under conditions of fraud? - No. Then we left the parliament and made [Bidzina Ivanishvili] lame, didn't we?", - noted Kupradze.
To the host's question: After participating in the local government elections, will you say that you will not enter the municipal councils? And is this why you are going to the elections? - he answered: "Everything is possible."
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