In fact, the statement about creating a “victory platform” is just a marketing plan. They themselves are well aware that the name “platform of defeat” would be more appropriate for this union. Such a statement made today the Chairman of the Human Rights Committee, Mikheil Sarjveladze, while commenting the union of the United National Movement and Strategy Aghmashenebeli.

“This was not a decision that these 2 political parties came to because of a good life. Everyone has their own problems and this is more a way to solve these problems. Unfortunately, they cannot talk about openly, but the public sees it.

The problem in the case of Strategy Aghmashenebeli is that it doesn’t have any perspective to gain the support of the public in the elections on its own. Therefore, this political party with the problem of overcoming the barrier makes a decision to rely on someone else, a bigger one.

As for the UNM, it is clear that it is now important for the opposing wings within the party to strengthen within the framework of the confrontation with each other, therefore [Levan] Khabeishvili may consider that adding a politician like [Giorgi] Vashadze as a supporter of his wing may be a good option or it may not be Khabeishvili’s version at all. In any case, what could be gained by the UNM, no one understands that.

From yesterday’s briefing, the first signs of conflict with the rest of the opposition were clear, because it was openly announced that Strategy Aghmashenebeli is the biggest opposition party after the UNM, and I don’t think that the parties that are doing business in the Parliament today, and I think they can rightly have ambitions, would meet this statement calmly”, - said Mikheil Sarjveladze.