Georgian Dream party Honorary Chair vows to continue to fight for full restoration of Georgia’s sovereignty

Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder and the Honorary Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday said he would continue to fight for the full restoration of the sovereignty of Georgia.

In his speech at the public gathering in support of the transparency outside the Parliament, Ivanishvili recalled words of the Indian leader Jawaharlal Nehru about pseudo-elite and added that today’s radical opposition, pseudo-elite, was easy to control from the outside because they were devoid of all principles.

“I would like to recall the words of the Indian leader, Jawaharlal Nehru, with a slight amendment: “There is no greater enemy of one's own country than a pseudo-elite nurtured by a foreign country.” A pseudo-elite nurtured by a foreign country has several key characteristics. They have no homeland; they do not love their country or their people because they do not really consider them to be their own. On the contrary, such people are embarrassed by their country and its people. Such people are like the bat from Akaki’s poem, who ultimately fails to become foreign and loses was made him Georgian in the process as well. Such people are easy to control from the outside because they are devoid of all principles. This is the face of today’s radical opposition, and this was the face of these people when they were in power”, Ivanishvili said.

“In 2012, when we dispatched the bloody regime of politicians with no homeland that were appointed from outside, I thought that I had completed my mission in full. We returned electoral rights to the Georgian people, released 15,000 prisoners from prison, completely eradicated the torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners, ended the National Movement’s media monopoly, freed up businesses, and brought the country long-term peace and enhanced security”, he noted.

“I will reiterate – I thought that I had completed my mission in full in 2012. However, as it turned out, these achievements were not enough. We must still fight for freedom and sovereignty in order to follow Ilia Chavchavadze’s counsel, whereby “we must belong to ourselves.” Therefore, as a matter of principle and dedication, I personally will continue to fight for the full restoration of the sovereignty of Georgia, our motherland”, Ivanishvili concluded.