Tbilisi: The ruling party of Georgia, GD (Georgian Dream) has released a list of twenty candidates. They will contest the parliament election scheduled for October 26 later this year.
The party list includes the names of the party’s billionaire founder, many incumbent MPs, officials, sportspersons and some fresh faces. The list has Bidzina Ivanishvili’s name on top. He is the founder and current honorary chairman of Georgia’s ruling party GD.
He is followed by current Prime Minister, Irakli Kobakhidze and chairman of Georgian Dream Irakli Garibashvili. The other names next in the list include Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and GD Majority Leader Mamuka Mdinaradze. The first list is dominated by male candidates as it has only five female candidates.
The list contains only Sevan members who were also part of the last election list. Meanwhile Prime Minster after the release of the list said “ Every citizen of Georgia needs to keep in mind that this election is not normal election. This will decide the future of the country. The people will decide whom they want to rule. Those who lead the country to development or those who have dragged it down.”
The list includes the names of Bidzina Ivanishvili who is founder of Georgian Dream, then comes the name of Irakli Kobakhidze, current Prime Miniter and former Prime Minisrer Irakli Garibashvilib.
Similalry the other name are:
- Shalva Papuashvili, Chairman of parliament
- Mamuka Mdinaradze, GD Executive Secretary
- Tea Tsulukiani, Culture Minister
- Lasha Talakhadze, three times Olympics champion
- Vakhtang Turnava, businessman
- Maka Bochorishvili, incumbent MP
- Anri Okhanashvili, incumbent MP
- Shota Berekashvili, businessman
- Levan Makhashvili, Head of Cabinet of the Chairman of the Parliament.
- Mikheil Kavelashvili, incumbent MP
- Giorgi Gabunia, lawyer
- Nikoloz Samkharadze, head of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee
- Eka Chichinadze, Vice President of the International Association of Women Artists
- Lika Shartava, granddaughter of national hero Zhiuli Shartava
- Geno Petriashvili, Olympic champion
- Sozar Subari, MP, member of the People’s Power faction
- Mariam Kvrivishvili, former MP The Prime Minister expressed hopes that the country will elect Georgian Dream for another term. He criticizes the opposition parties for anti-national narratives.
