Kobakhidze accuses opposition of serving foreign interests, not Georgian people

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze stated in response to journalists’ questions that the leaders of the Georgian opposition, through their trips abroad, demonstrate that their politics are not based on the population of Georgia but on bureaucrats in European capitals.

The leaders of the opposition party Lelo — Mamuka Khazaradze, Irakli Kupradze, and Tamaz Datunashvili — flew to Brussels at dawn. Meanwhile, leaders of another opposition party, the United National Movement, are in Washington. They have already met with Congressman Joe Wilson, co-chair of the Helsinki Commission, author of the MEGOBARI bill, and a critic of the Georgian government, Caliber.Az reports via Georgian media.

“Two weeks remain until the elections, but some are in America, some in Brussels, some in Berlin. When we say that they serve foreign interests, they are surprised. You can judge for yourself whose interests these people serve and whose support they rely on. It is not the Georgian people; it is bureaucrats in various capitals,” Kobakhidze said.

According to the Prime Minister, this is precisely why the opposition loses every election.

“They are focused not on their own people, the population, but on bureaucrats. That is why they lose any election and street support,” Kobakhidze stated.

Local self-government elections will be held in Georgia on 4 October. Part of the opposition, including the former ruling party United National Movement, is boycotting them. On the same day, a large-scale protest is planned on Rustaveli Avenue.

Several opposition leaders have announced a peaceful coup and a change of power on 4 October. In turn, the ruling party has repeatedly stated that such declarations by the radical opposition are groundless, as the Georgian people made their choice in the parliamentary elections last 26 October, expressing confidence in the course of Georgian Dream.

The ruling party is confident of winning the elections in all 64 municipalities.

Local self-government elections will be held on 4 October 2025 simultaneously in 64 cities and districts of the country, with participation from 12 parties.

By Vugar Khalilov