٠٠:٠١:٥٧Mandatory credit: Georgian Dream Press Service
Georgian Dream party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili said that the parliamentary elections provide an opportunity to apply changes in society, speaking with journalists in Tbilisi on Saturday.
"With these elections we have to free ourselves from crime, to build a qualitatively new society where there will not be such antagonism, there will not be such hate speech, there will not be such polarisation," he said.
Ivanishvili also stressed that different political courses of the candidates serve as the 'basis of polarisation' in the country, claiming that one part of them strives to lead Georgia "along the path of development", while the other part tries to 'involve Georgia in the hostilities'.
"You know there is a war going on in the neighbourhood. The country that runs the agency unfortunately has an urgent task for it - to somehow involve Georgia in the hostilities. I want to convince you that it will not take much time for this to happen. <…> This interest [of the foreign country] lies only in the fact that there is a war in the neighbourhood," he added.
The parliamentary elections take place in Georgia on Saturday.
According to the press service of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia, as of midday 776,726 people had participated in the elections, which is more than 22 percent of the total number of voters.
CEC also said that 150 MPs are to be elected. A total of 18 parties are currently registered, including the ruling party Georgian Dream.
In total, about 3.5 million Georgian citizens will reportedly be able to participate in the elections. 3,044 polling stations are open throughout the country, and 67 more are functioning abroad.
Through parliamentary elections we must build 'new society' without polarisation - Georgian Dream party founder
Georgian Dream party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili said that the parliamentary elections provide an opportunity to apply changes in society, speaking with journalists in Tbilisi on Saturday.
"With these elections we have to free ourselves from crime, to build a qualitatively new society where there will not be such antagonism, there will not be such hate speech, there will not be such polarisation," he said.
Ivanishvili also stressed that different political courses of the candidates serve as the 'basis of polarisation' in the country, claiming that one part of them strives to lead Georgia "along the path of development", while the other part tries to 'involve Georgia in the hostilities'.
"You know there is a war going on in the neighbourhood. The country that runs the agency unfortunately has an urgent task for it - to somehow involve Georgia in the hostilities. I want to convince you that it will not take much time for this to happen. <…> This interest [of the foreign country] lies only in the fact that there is a war in the neighbourhood," he added.
The parliamentary elections take place in Georgia on Saturday.
According to the press service of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia, as of midday 776,726 people had participated in the elections, which is more than 22 percent of the total number of voters.
CEC also said that 150 MPs are to be elected. A total of 18 parties are currently registered, including the ruling party Georgian Dream.
In total, about 3.5 million Georgian citizens will reportedly be able to participate in the elections. 3,044 polling stations are open throughout the country, and 67 more are functioning abroad.
Mandatory credit: Georgian Dream Press Service
Georgian Dream party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili said that the parliamentary elections provide an opportunity to apply changes in society, speaking with journalists in Tbilisi on Saturday.
"With these elections we have to free ourselves from crime, to build a qualitatively new society where there will not be such antagonism, there will not be such hate speech, there will not be such polarisation," he said.
Ivanishvili also stressed that different political courses of the candidates serve as the 'basis of polarisation' in the country, claiming that one part of them strives to lead Georgia "along the path of development", while the other part tries to 'involve Georgia in the hostilities'.
"You know there is a war going on in the neighbourhood. The country that runs the agency unfortunately has an urgent task for it - to somehow involve Georgia in the hostilities. I want to convince you that it will not take much time for this to happen. <…> This interest [of the foreign country] lies only in the fact that there is a war in the neighbourhood," he added.
The parliamentary elections take place in Georgia on Saturday.
According to the press service of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia, as of midday 776,726 people had participated in the elections, which is more than 22 percent of the total number of voters.
CEC also said that 150 MPs are to be elected. A total of 18 parties are currently registered, including the ruling party Georgian Dream.
In total, about 3.5 million Georgian citizens will reportedly be able to participate in the elections. 3,044 polling stations are open throughout the country, and 67 more are functioning abroad.