Elene Khoshtaria leaves European Georgia

By Khatia Bzhalava

Tuesday, December 29

According to Elene Khoshtaria, she remains committed to her position and still refuses to use her parliamentary mandate.

According to the European Georgia party members, they knew about Khoshtaria’s decision, and it was not a surprise for them.

Elene Khoshtaria, one of the leaders of the European Georgia, announced during a briefing yesterday that she is leaving the party. According to her, she plans to form a new political force and continue political activities independently.

Khoshtaria clarified that she would neither join another party nor use her mandate in the parliament.

“I would like to emphasise that I will not be joining any other party and that I remain in the oppositional unity, which is the strongest weapon in the fight against the current regime. To avoid any possible speculations, I would like to state that I do not consider entering the parliament. My political positions stay the same,” stated Khoshtaria.

David Bakradze, Chairman of European Georgia responded to Khoshtaria’s announcement and wished her luck. Bakradze denied the rumors about Khoshtaria’s decision being a result of an intra-party feud and stated that the party members had known for a long time that she wanted to start independent political activities after the elections, with more emphasis on civic activism.

Giga Bokeria, one of the leaders of the political party stated that considering his personal, as well as political attitude towards her, he wished Khoshtaria had not left the European Georgia. According to him, despite Khoshtaria’s decision, she remains the closest figure to the party.

European Georgia has overcome the mandatory 1% threshold at 2020 parliamentary elections and received five seats. The party members refuse to take up mandates and enter the parliament.