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Civil Georgia (29 January 2024)

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has resigned from his post. He has just confirmed his resignation at a special briefing at the Government Administration. Referring to internal inter-party democracy, he said it’s necessary to “give others a chance”. He also said he had accepted an offer to become Chair of the Georgian Dream party.

“I would like to thank the founder and honorary chairman of our party, Mr. Bidzina Ivanishvili, the leadership and members of the party and Parliament, heads of ministries and all employees, employees of the government administration, all civil servants for their great support during my term as Prime Minister,” – Garibashvili said at the briefing.

Earlier in the day, the ruling party’s mouthpiece TV Imedi posted “exclusive information” about the expected exchange of posts between Irakli Kobakhidze and Irakli Garibashvili. Imedi TV also said that Georgian Dream plans to reshuffle the Cabinet of Ministers at the party congress scheduled for February 1.

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