The Georgian parliament is preparing to impeach Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, an expert in Caucasian matters Mamuka Areshidze said, adding that the initiative comes from the United National Movement (UNM), Georgia's former ruling party.
"There is already a question of responsibility of the government ... Society, the media are already openly talking about it. I give you important information: some part of Parliament is preparing to impeach Garibashvili, members are gathering votes. The UNM is the initiator of Garibashvili's impeachment," Areshidze said.
According to him, the party of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is trying to find the missing 15 votes to start impeachment proceedings. "I do not know who exactly in the Georgian Dream coalition will betray Irakli Garibashvili, but I can confirm that negotiations are underway with those MPs who belong to different factions of the coalition," Georgia-News cited the expert .
The head of the Institute of Management Strategy, Petre Mamradze, in an interview with Vestnik Kavkaza expressed doubt that in the near future it is possible to change the Georgian government. "There are such sentiments, but impeachment is unlikely to happen. The Georgian Dream goal is to shirk responsibility and shift it to Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili," he said.
Mamradze noted that these forces are not enough to change the government. "The only man that can cause this is Ivanishvili. Despite the fact that he has resigned from all his posts, his authority is still so great that one word from him is enough for Garibashvili leave office. If Ivanishvili will see that the situation does not change, he may choose someone else to take Garibashvili's place," the analyst said.
According to him, the population of Georgia will support a change of government, since the devaluation of the national currency has hit it very hard. "The attitude to Georgian Dream has been deteriorating. Talking about who could replace Garibashvili's team, the expert noted that it will be people around Ivanishvili. However, he stressed that a change of government will help the Georgian economy only if the system of government in the country will also change.
For his part, the Georgian political scientist Giorgi Nodia did not rule out the resignation of the Georgian government, but called it unlikely. "An opposition rally is expected, where similar demands will be voiced. But I think that the Georgian Dream does not want to make it look as if the government is changing at the request of the opposition. If the government really lost confidence, it would resign. I think Garibashvili would leave his post if he received a corresponding signal from Ivanishvili," the expert said.According to him, it is already clear that the government's approval rating is falling, and the discontent is growing. "It's hard to give a forecast of who will replace the current government, but I think that Ivanishvili in any case will try to make Georgian Dream the driving force," the analyst said, expressing doubt that a change of government would help the Georgian economy.According to the head of the Center for Security Studies and International Relations of Georgia, Nika Chitadze, we should not expect a change of government in the near future. "If it happens, it will be a recognition of that the policy which the executive power of Georgia is maintaining at this stage us wring. We know that the Free Democrats have separated from Georgian Dream, but Georgian Dream still retains a majority in parliament. Garibashvili and the majority of MPs are members of Georgian Dream. It's not profitable for them to declare a vote of no confidence in the government of Georgia, including the Prime Minister of Georgia. In spite of problems of a socio-economic and political nature, a change of power in Georgia is not going to happen," he said.According to him, in the first place, members of Georgian Dream should be considered as potential replacements for Garibashvili's team. Speaking about whether a change of government would help Georgia's economy, he said that everything will depend on the type of policy of a new government.
For his part, the Georgian political scientist Giorgi Nodia did not rule out the resignation of the Georgian government, but called it unlikely. "An opposition rally is expected, where similar demands will be voiced. But I think that the Georgian Dream does not want to make it look as if the government is changing at the request of the opposition. If the government really lost confidence, it would resign. I think Garibashvili would leave his post if he received a corresponding signal from Ivanishvili," the expert said.
According to him, it is already clear that the government's approval rating is falling, and the discontent is growing. "It's hard to give a forecast of who will replace the current government, but I think that Ivanishvili in any case will try to make Georgian Dream the driving force," the analyst said, expressing doubt that a change of government would help the Georgian economy.
According to the head of the Center for Security Studies and International Relations of Georgia, Nika Chitadze, we should not expect a change of government in the near future. "If it happens, it will be a recognition of that the policy which the executive power of Georgia is maintaining at this stage us wring. We know that the Free Democrats have separated from Georgian Dream, but Georgian Dream still retains a majority in parliament. Garibashvili and the majority of MPs are members of Georgian Dream. It's not profitable for them to declare a vote of no confidence in the government of Georgia, including the Prime Minister of Georgia. In spite of problems of a socio-economic and political nature, a change of power in Georgia is not going to happen," he said.
According to him, in the first place, members of Georgian Dream should be considered as potential replacements for Garibashvili's team. Speaking about whether a change of government would help Georgia's economy, he said that everything will depend on the type of policy of a new government.
