Georgia's United National Movement won't support Garibashvili's candidacy for PM

Georgia's opposition United National Movement founded by Mikheil Saakashvili will not support Interior Minister Irakli Garibashvili's candidacy for prime minister, Georgia Online cites lawmakers from the opposition party as saying.

According to MP Georgy Gabashvili, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, who named the interior minister as his successor yesterday, has decided to quit politics in order to avoid responsibility.

"The country's budget deficit is now half a billion, thousands of jobs have already been shut down, crime is spreading," Gabashvili is quoted as saying.

According to the lawmaker, Garibashvili, who is Ivanishvili's close associate and who started his career as a manager in Ivanishvili's company, is not a professional and has no idea how to improve the situation in the country.