Politics is one of the most difficult paths, where even the most sincere words can become part of a game, and behind the warmest smile there may be cold calculation, and behind the loudest loyalty - silent betrayal, wrote former Georgian Dream MP Kakha Kakhishvili on social media.

According to him, time ultimately reveals the true nature of relationships formed around power and influence.

“Politics is a very difficult path… a path where even the most sincere words can often become part of a game, where behind the warmest smile there is cold calculation, and behind the loudest loyalty there is silent betrayal.

You may spend years with people, fight together, serve one idea, and think they are your family… but time passes and one day you realize that many relationships were only connected to power, influence, and interests.

When a person has office, power, and influence, many people are always around them - businessmen, politicians, MPs… everyone wants to be near you, because it is considered prestige and honor. But time gives everything its true name… and when power, office, or influence disappears, many of them vanish like applause fading into the air.

This does not apply only to government or opposition… years pass, names change, people replace each other, but the harsh nature of politics remains almost unchanged.

Perhaps this is why society often has to go through the same path again and again. And truth be told, it is a cycle that probably no one person can fully change.

Not even convoys follow a person forever, nor security, nor influence… often the most sincere support comes from people you may not even know.

As Socrates said: ‘It is hardest to recognize a person when they are in power.’ That is why it is most important for a politician to know the truth from the beginning - that office is temporary, power is temporary, false glory is temporary, and in the end only the good you have done remains. How many people you helped, how many you supported when you had the power and ability to do so. Because office is a temporary test given by God. It does not give you the right to place yourself above others - it only gives you the opportunity to do more good.

And the greatest power is not how many people fear you, but how many truly love you.

In the end, a person is not followed by money, influence, or power… only by their deeds. And in the end, only one question remains: when you had power, how much good did you leave behind? Because ultimately, it is not office that preserves a name, but honor, conscience, and dignity,” Kakhishvili wrote.