Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said that “it would be a very bad picture if we had to forcibly remove Salome Zurabishvili from the residence and deliver her to a correctional facility.”
According to him, this could be an “undesirable picture,” which would only benefit “Zurabishvili’s masters,” who could allegedly give her such an assignment, SOVA reports.
The head of government noted that it is the responsibility of the Georgian authorities to warn the president not to commit a crime and, accordingly, not to take part in this ugly picture.
“I think that in this case, Salome Zurabishvili will act wisely. I would like to remind you that this will not be a repeat of the scenario with Nika Melia. This is not a party office, this is the residence of the President of Georgia, accordingly, the same scenario here would mean committing a criminal offense, implying a long term and not only directly for Salome Zurabishvili, but also for any person involved in it.
Based on this, I do not think that, first of all, Salome Zurabishvili herself will condemn herself to a prison term, and also condemn the 100-150 people who are implied to be with her to the same.
You must agree that it will be a very bad picture if we have to forcibly remove Salome Zurabishvili from the residence and deliver her to a correctional facility. Of course, this is an undesirable picture. This may be in the hands of Zurabishvili’s masters, and they can give her such a task, but it will not be beautiful, I would say so,” Kobakhidze concluded.
Recall that on December 14, the electoral college in the Georgian parliament elected the former football player, who does not have a higher education diploma, Mikheil Kavelashvili, to the post of the sixth president. His inauguration will take place on December 29 in the Georgian parliament, also in accordance with the country’s Constitution. President Salome Zurabishvili’s term in office ended on December 16, and on December 29 she will have to leave the residence of the President of Georgia – the Orbeliani Palace on Atoneli Street. However, part of the opposition is calling on her to “gain a foothold” in the building and not leave it, since Zurabishvili herself and opponents of the government consider it the only legitimate state institution in Georgia, not recognizing the results of the parliamentary elections on October 26, in which, according to the country’s Central Election Commission, the oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream party won.