Georgia's President Discusses Impeachment and Candidate Status with Opposition
By Liza Mchedlidze
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
The President of Georgia Salome Zourabishvili has been meeting with the representatives of the opposition in the Orbelian Palace.
After the meeting with the president, the leader of the Citizens party, deputy Aleko Elisashvili, said that Zourabishvili does not rule out her impeachment.
"Of course, we talked about the expected impeachment of the president. I would like to tell you that the president herself does not rule it out and considers it absolutely realistic that it might happen. She has clearly thought about what to do next and it was nice to hear it. She has a fairly systematic vision of what to do in case of impeachment," said the politician.
"Even if they torture me, I will still not support impeachment, but based on my experience, I am sure that Fridon Injia will support it, and if anyone does, it will be the National Movement."
Ana Tsitlidze, a member of the United National Movement - Strength in Unity faction, said after meeting with Zourabishvili that the president is not worried about the issue of impeachment. According to Tsitlidze, the National Movement will not support the impeachment of Salome Zurabishvili.
"First of all, the conversation with the president was about the status of the candidate, this is the first and most important issue that worries the president of Georgia more than impeachment (which was revealed in the conversation)."
"I can say one thing - our position on impeachment is this: we do not support it. Moreover, to ensure the issue of impeachment, we can do something very simple - when the issue of impeachment is put on the voting agenda, no member of the opposition should enter the session hall and thus exclude all speculations," Tsitlidze stated.
