Gigi Tsereteli: The alliance had no mechanism whatsoever for expelling anyone – over the past months the “National Movement” was not actively participating in the alliance’s activities; accordingly, this is their decision

The alliance had no mechanism whatsoever for expelling or releasing anyone – over the past months [the “National Movement”] was not actively participating in the alliance’s activities. Accordingly, this is their decision, – this was stated by Chairman of “European Georgia” Gigi Tsereteli in response to the processes ongoing in the opposition alliance.

According to Gigi Tsereteli, some mechanisms must exist so that political coexistence can be managed in this difficult period.

“After the alliance was created there were difficult moments. There were also very serious successes in terms of consolidation, very large-scale rallies and so on.

As for certain difficulties inside, this is not new news. In this case, if you ask me about the ‘National Movement,’ we had a prolonged period of questions and answers both with the media and with the part of society that was interested in what is happening. One thing I must say and repeat: the alliance had no mechanism whatsoever for expelling or releasing anyone. Every party, every political subject that is a member makes a choice and, as it appears, the ‘National Movement’ has made this choice. This was already the case earlier; over the past months they were not actively participating in the alliance’s activities. Accordingly, this is their decision.

The situation is such that I would wish, on the contrary, that we speak about consolidation; the ‘National Movement’ itself constantly speaks about unity, therefore some mechanisms in general must exist so that we can manage some political coexistence, all the more so in this difficult period,” Tsereteli noted.