Bokeria: We Will Continue Rallies until Govt' Agrees to Our Electoral System

One of the leaders of the opposition European Georgia party, Giga Bokeria, claims that they will continue picketing the parliament building and holding protests until the ruling team agrees to their model of electoral system, which is based on the German model. 

“First, they should accept this model and then hold a plebiscite, which we will definitely win. We will continue picketing Parliament and holding protests until the ruling team agrees to this model and takes back its insult. Who will buy the idea of holding a plebiscite after 6 months? And then again Okriashvili and Gulordava should decide Georgia's fate?! They will not do so,” he said.

Bokeria's statement refers to the ruling party's Secretary-General, Kakha Kaladze's announcement about the government's decision on the electoral reform, saying that the Georgian Dream is ready to hold a plebiscite on the issue of the electoral system on the day of either the 2020 parliamentary elections or 2021 local self-government elections.

“There is a group of majoritarian MPs in the parliamentary majority which is proposing to move to a fully majoritarian system. After consulting with the team yesterday and today, we assured them that the team would not consider any new initiatives for the 2020 elections. However, we understand their general initiative and we agreed that they will continue to work in this direction, provided that a plebiscite will be held on the issue of the electoral system on the day of either the 2020 parliamentary elections or the 2021 local self-government elections,” he said.

By Ana Dumbadze