Irakli Pavlenishvili: You expelled me, I left - this needs to stop - let's focus on the Constitutional Court and the November 28 rally

"They deemed it necessary to do this officially, otherwise everyone already knew that we had not been involved in the activities of the 'Opposition Alliance' over the last few months — 'you expelled me, I left' — this needs to stop; let's focus on the Constitutional Court and the November 28 rally," stated Irakli Pavlenishvili, Chairman of the Management Board of the "National Movement."

According to him, "nothing has changed; they simply wanted to formalize it officially in the 'Alliance,' taking the shape of logo removal and expulsion, as a specific representative stated."

"Then I stated that if we are not in this 'Alliance,' that is clear to us and we won't be in it; we weren't involved in its activities anyway. Again, for the sake of unity, we were not involved — our presence there kept triggering constant attacks, which would then be followed by our response, instead of discussing 'Georgian Dream's' crimes and solutions. Therefore, again for the sake of unity and the common struggle, we deemed it necessary not to be involved in the activities.

We did not consider it serious to hold talks and official discussions in order to make a decision on whether to leave the 'Alliance' or not. Now is a different time, and society has different demands. They deemed it necessary to do this officially, otherwise everyone already knew that we had not been involved in the 'Alliance's' activities over the last few months — I wasn't hiding it either and was talking about it. It is a simple reality: we were not involved, again for the sake of unity, because then accusations kept occurring; therefore, we did not consider official discussions and decision-making relevant. It makes no difference to us whether they expelled us or we left on our own — it turned out that they expelled us, but I don't consider talking about this relevant. Now is a time of struggle, and 'you expelled me, I left' — this needs to stop, and let's focus on the Constitutional Court and the November 28 rally," Pavlenishvili stated.