Zurabishvili responds to the threat of arrest by the head of the Georgian government
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Salome Zurabishvili said “We are not afraid” in response to the threats of imprisonment from Prime Minister Kobakhidze. The President supported the protesters in Tbilisi and insisted that new parliamentary elections be called.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has threatened the country's president with prison if she does not leave office. For her part, Salome Zurabishvili responded to his threats, according to Sova News and Telegram Echo of the Caucasus, UNN reports.
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"We are not afraid," Zurabishvili said.
She was speaking to protesters in Tbilisi, whom she supports and who are demanding re-elections in the country. She added that she remains loyal to the country and the Constitution, to which she took the oath of office 6 years ago.
"I will be loyal to the Georgian army and the veterans who came here today. I am and will be its supreme commander-in-chief. I am and will be faithful to these people who are standing here, but not only to these people. I am and will be the president for everyone," the Head of State said.
In addition, Zurabishvili again insists on the need to almost call new parliamentary elections. She states that the date of the vote should be agreed upon by December 29. That is, by the day her presidential term expires.
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Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze threatened President Salome Zurabishvili with criminal liability as
