Georgian Dream names 20 party-list candidates

By Natalia Kochiashvili

Friday, September 11

Giorgi Gakharia will be the first number on the electoral list of the Georgian Dream.

“We are honest with the people, we are doing our best, caring for people and their social support in the crisis has become a signature of the Georgian Dream,” Bidzina Ivanishvili said.

The ruling Georgian Dream party has presented the first platoon of the party list for the parliamentary elections in Tbilisi. The meeting was opened by Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the Georgian Dream. Irakli Kobakhidze introduced the list to the public:

1.Giorgi Gakharia - Prime Minister 2.Archil Talakvadze - Chairman of the Parliament 3.Irakli Kobakhidze - Executive Secretary of the GD, MP4. Tea Tsulukiani - Minister of Justice 5.Mamuka Mdinaradze - Vice-Speaker of Parliament 6.Kakha Kuchava - Vice-Speaker of Parliament 7.Giorgi Kakhiani - Vice-Speaker of Parliament 8.Mariam Kvrivishvili - Head of National Tourism Administration 9.Mikheil Sarjveladze 10.Maia Bitadze - Deputy Mayor of Tbilisi 11. Mikheil Daushvili - Business Ombudsman 12.Giorgi Amilakhvari - Doctor of Law 13.Viktor Sanikidze - Veteran basketball player 14.Maka Bochorishvili - diplomat 15. Shalva Papuashvili - Headed the Georgian Group of the German International Cooperation (GIZ) Law Program 16. David Kacharava - rugby player 17. Nikoloz Samkharadze - Employee of the Cabinet of the Speaker of the Parliament 18.Giorgi Khelashvili - Head of the Parliamentary Research Center 19.Mariam Lashkhi - Deputy Chairman of the Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency 20.Beka Davituliani - Chairman of the GD faction in the Tbilisi City Council.

“First of all, of course, I would like to thank the team, thank Bidzina Ivanishvili for this great trust as the chairman of the party, because beyond political speculation, first of all, it is a huge responsibility,” the number one on the Georgian Dream list, Prime Minister stated.

According to the head of government, the ultimate goal of the ruling team is an economically strong, fair country that is getting closer and closer to European standards.

Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder and chairman of the Georgian Dream party, thanked the people for their support during his speech at the Georgian Dream's party list presentation in Mtatsminda Park.

In his speech, he listed the merits of the party and noted that the idea of creating this party is to make Georgia a European country, "where people and their dignity are protected, everyone can support a family by their own labor, where peace, stability and development are guaranteed here. The weak are helped, the talent is nurtured, devotion is valued, roots are nurtured and care is taken for the future, where they create equal conditions for the success of each, where the government is at the service of the people and not the other way around."

Ivanishvili described the platoon as a team of hard-working, motivated professionals.

“There are people in this team who have already proven that they can handle their jobs, even in the most difficult situations. Let them remain faithful to the idea and the deed and let the people and the country avoid the ordeal,” Ivanishvili said.

Assessing the Georgian Dream's opponents, he said that the doer knows the price of labor, and criticism is an easy task:

“The government has more important things to do than respond to false accusations. Fortunately, people are wise and understand everything well and, most importantly, see with their own eyes how the Georgian Dream works.”

At the end of his speech, Ivanishvili congratulated the public on the impact of the Georgian rugby team in the ‘8 Nations’ tournament.