Georgian Dream endorses Salome Zourabichvili’s candidacy in presidential elections
Speaker of the Georgian parliament Irakli Kobakhidze called on Georgian society to support Salome Zourabichvili as a presidential candidate today.
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Share The ruling Georgian Dream party has announced today that it will be endorsing independent candidate Salome Zourabichvili as candidate for the presidency.
The ruling party had earlier announced it would not be putting forward a presidential candidate for the elections.
Speaker of the Georgian parliament Irakli Kobakhidze called on Georgian society to support Salome Zourabichvili as a presidential candidate today. His announcement followed the meeting of the Georgian Dream’s political council.
“The president should be above the interests of any party and an impartial person, representing the interests of either the ruling party nor the opposition and be the objective defender of the people's’ interests. After the elections a new way of functioning of the presidential institution should be established that follows the tradition of European parliamentarian states. This would be hampered if we would name our own candidate. Despite the fact that there are a number of dignified leaders in our team who could easily win the presidential elections, we believe that we should elect an independent candidate for the sake of maximum pluralism in Georgia’s political life,” Irakli Kobakhidze said.
He characterised Zourabichvili as a candidate who has ‘distinguished diplomatic experience’ recalling the agreement reached about the withdrawal of Russian military bases from Georgia during her term as of the Foreign Minister. As Kobakhidze noted, Salome Zourabichvili has a chance to become the first impartial president in the history of Georgia.
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Georgia has 46 potential candidates for the upcoming presidential elections so far. The deadline for registering as a candidate for the presidential elections is September 28. Presidential elections will be held throughout the country on October 28.
The Head of the Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) Tamar Zhvania has stated that about 42 million GEL (16 million USD) will be spent on the upcoming presidential elections.
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"I am happy that I see ministers, presidential candidates in the cathedral on the Saint George’s day. I am sure that you [presidential candidates] will meet both victory and failure similarly. The one who will win should not think that he/she is better than others. I am sure that you will stand together and help each other,” Ilia II stated and handed the icons of Saint George to the candidates.
Presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili has addressed the Georgian army on Saint George’s Day today and stated that despite “various unworthy attempts” to divide the Georgian army, this will not happen and she, as the future commander in chief of the Georgian Armed Forces, will do her utmost to protect the interests of the army staff and to boost the country’s self-defence capabilities.