Mamuka Mdinaradze Asserts President Zourabichvili's Meeting with Macron Constitutes Yet Another Constitution Violation
By Liza Mchedlidze
Thursday, September 7, 2023
The Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Mamuka Mdinaradze, remarked that President Salome Zourabichvili is causing discomfort among European leaders with her uncoordinated and unplanned visits, putting them in an 'uncomfortable' position. According to Mdinaradze, Salome Zourabichvili's actions constitute a blatant violation of the constitution.
Mdinaradze assessed Salome Zourabichvili's visit to France and her meeting with President Emmanuel Macron. He stated that Zourabichvili did not have the government's approval for the meeting with Macron and showed up uninvited without any prior notice.
"Zourabichvili was missing for four days, completely disappearing, and then she reappeared in a country with a leader without even seeking consent, demonstrating a clear violation of Georgia's Constitution," Mdinaradze said.
According to Mdinaradze, Zourabichvili is creating a false impression of working on Georgia's EU candidacy status by blatantly breaching the constitution. He also added that the government's decision to initiate impeachment proceedings against the president was valid.
"The government's decision was morally, legally, and ethically sound from every perspective. When the president states that the candidate status did not belong to us last year or this year, and that she will leave, perhaps then they will grant it to us, it is extremely detrimental," Mdinaradze stated.
