At today's briefing, Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the electoral headquarters of the Georgian Dream, spoke about the ratings of the ruling party and opposition. According to the former parliament speaker, Dream has a high and growing rating that will keep it in power.
Georgian Dream has a consistently high and growing rating, which gives us grounds for strong expectations that with the support of the public on October 31 our party will again receive a strong mandate of trust and will form a strong majority in the Parliament of Georgia, Kobakhidze said.
Kobakhidze considers the National Movement to be its main competitor and says it has 12% of support, but hopes that the UNM rating will decline.
Unfortunately, with 12% they are in second place today, although we very much hope that this indicator will continue to decline. It's very important for the Georgian democracy to move forward and develop, he said.
Kobakhidze considers the apology of the third president of Georgia to be an election strategy and says that Saakashvili should be held responsible for the charges.
Mikheil Saakashvili has to fulfill his promise, we have to bring him back to Georgia so he can be held accountable before the law, Kobakhidze said.
For information, yesterday, on August 31, Irakli Kobakhidze said that the National Movement will not receive even 12% support in the 2020 parliamentary elections, which he estimated would be good for the Georgian democracy.
Mikhail Saakashvili made an official statement about his return to Georgian politics on August 27.
He did. He publicly apologized for his mistakes. The National Movement announces that the main opposition party will present a new political and economic platform for the 2020 elections in the coming days. Nor does it hide the fact that Mikhail Saakashvili is likely to be a candida for the post of Prime Minister.
The parliamentary elections in 2020 will be held on October 31. The president has already signed a decree.