The News in Brief
Friday, September 3
Prepared by the Messenger Staff
UNM signs Michel document, GD comments
"The United National Movement should at least apologize to every politician who signed the Charles Michel document and then they may talk," Georgian Parliament Speaker Kakha Kuchava told reporters.
As he noted, if the members of the National Movement had signed the agreement from the very beginning, reality would have been completely different today.
"I remember well, when first the Georgian Dream and then other parties signed this document, how the National Movement was swearing, being mad that other opposition parties dared to sign this Document. The National Movement should at least apologize to every politician who signed the Charles Michel document and then talk. They respond to political events according to their partisan interests! If they had signed from the very beginning, we would be facing a completely different reality today," Kakha Kuchava said.
PM Says Georgian Dream won’t return to Michel Document
According to the PM, it is impossible for the Georgian Dream to return to the April 19 agreement. As he told reporters, the signing of the document by the National Movement is a farce and a lie.
"This is a farce and a forgery. Their signing would have had a weight if they had signed it when we all, together with the direct mediation of our great friends, Charles Michel and the US Ambassador, completed the work on this document. Then we all signed the document, taking into account all the factors that existed at that particular moment. They offended the entire international community, our partners. Imagine, we took such compromise steps for our state, we did everything to calm down the situation, to reach a political agreement. You probably remember that they did not enter the parliament until the last moment, they were trading with our American and European friends like they were in the market. Nevertheless, we signed the document and carried out all the reforms that we had started. We had been waiting for 100 days. Despite calls and requests of European and American friends, they ignored our partners and did not sign the document. It is not a kindergarten, it is politics and, first of all, it is the interests of the country, the state and the population. Therefore, after waiting enough, we withdrew from the agreement, because the agreement would have been legitimate only if both parties had signed it.
After we said that the topic was closed and that all the reforms would continue, it is excluded for the Georgian Dream to return to this agreement! The signing of the document by the National Movement is a farce and a lie. It is an insult to our partners and the society," Gharibashvili stated.
UNM signs Michel document, GD comments
"The United National Movement should at least apologize to every politician who signed the Charles Michel document and then they may talk," Georgian Parliament Speaker Kakha Kuchava told reporters.
As he noted, if the members of the National Movement had signed the agreement from the very beginning, reality would have been completely different today.
"I remember well, when first the Georgian Dream and then other parties signed this document, how the National Movement was swearing, being mad that other opposition parties dared to sign this Document. The National Movement should at least apologize to every politician who signed the Charles Michel document and then talk. They respond to political events according to their partisan interests! If they had signed from the very beginning, we would be facing a completely different reality today," Kakha Kuchava said.
PM Says Georgian Dream won’t return to Michel Document
According to the PM, it is impossible for the Georgian Dream to return to the April 19 agreement. As he told reporters, the signing of the document by the National Movement is a farce and a lie.
"This is a farce and a forgery. Their signing would have had a weight if they had signed it when we all, together with the direct mediation of our great friends, Charles Michel and the US Ambassador, completed the work on this document. Then we all signed the document, taking into account all the factors that existed at that particular moment. They offended the entire international community, our partners. Imagine, we took such compromise steps for our state, we did everything to calm down the situation, to reach a political agreement. You probably remember that they did not enter the parliament until the last moment, they were trading with our American and European friends like they were in the market. Nevertheless, we signed the document and carried out all the reforms that we had started. We had been waiting for 100 days. Despite calls and requests of European and American friends, they ignored our partners and did not sign the document. It is not a kindergarten, it is politics and, first of all, it is the interests of the country, the state and the population. Therefore, after waiting enough, we withdrew from the agreement, because the agreement would have been legitimate only if both parties had signed it.
After we said that the topic was closed and that all the reforms would continue, it is excluded for the Georgian Dream to return to this agreement! The signing of the document by the National Movement is a farce and a lie. It is an insult to our partners and the society," Gharibashvili stated.