Both in the West and the East, everyone considers us part of the Russian Empire, and if anyone has an interest in Georgia, they should talk directly to the Kremlin, not some postmen in Tbilisi, said political analyst Gia Khukhashvili during an appearance on PalitraNews’ program Political Space.
According to him, Georgia’s Prime Minister “Kobakhidze is just a postman.”
In the same context, he spoke about Mikheil Kavelashvili’s planned speech at the UN General Assembly, stating that the UN format is a formality where no one will listen to Kavelashvili.
“Georgia has lost its agency; it is no longer a subject in international relations but has become an object, a kind of territory for sale, and this is the perception in the West. Not only in the West—remember, they weren’t invited to China either. Armenia and Azerbaijan were invited to Shanghai, but Georgia was not. This means that both in the West and the East, everyone considers us part of the Russian Empire, and if anyone has an interest in Georgia, they should talk directly to the Kremlin, not some postmen in Tbilisi. Everyone knows that the country is not run by an institutional figure; Kobakhidze is just a postman, and who needs to meet with a postman? Maka Botchorishvili is a postman’s postman. The UN format is a formal one; imagine Kavelashvili being listened to there—he’ll have to stand at the podium in an empty hall and take pictures, as no one there will be his audience,” Khukhashvili stated.
According to the political analyst, Bidzina Ivanishvili is trying to establish a so-called sovereign democracy where elections become a formality. However, as he explained, to create such a situation, a forceful action is needed to finally break the protests.
“There is an illusion that it’s possible to establish a so-called sovereign democracy in Georgia, with one dominant party and its puppet opposition, where civil society only receives funding with the government’s permission and only for projects that suit the government, where no lari circulates outside the government’s control, and so on. This is the kind of sovereign democracy where elections are held formally. To create such a situation, it’s not enough for Bidzina to just hold elections; he needs a forceful action to break any remaining resistance and systematically subdue the protests. In this regard, Bidzina has everything lined up because they managed to split the opposition and pit them against each other. More or less, Bidzina needs rigged elections, and those who participate in the elections are being opposed by a part of the opposition. After this, if anyone steps out of line, he’ll have every right to talk about a state coup. Essentially, after the elections, he’s bringing back the ‘Nat-Kots’ narrative [National Movement vs. Georgian Dream]. The parties trying to stay in the legal political space must be completely discredited by the other wing of the opposition, meaning this bipolarity must return. In other words, Bidzina is in a sweet spot; he doesn’t even need to stir,” Khukhashvili stated.
Gia Khukhashvili: Everyone considers us part of the Russian Empire, and if anyone has an interest, they should talk to the Kremlin, not the postmen in Tbilisi – Kavelashvili will have to stand in an empty hall at the UN and take pictures, as no one there will listen to him
