Bendukidze Comments on Speculations over New PM

State Minister for Economic Reforms Kakha Bendukidze said on February 4, that he has no information about those speculations, indicating that he will be nominated as the Prime Minister.

?Prime Minister?s position is very difficult load,? Bendukidze told reporters.

Some Georgian media reports speculate that Kakha Bendukidze is among those several possible candidates, who might be nominated as the new Prime Minister.

The list also includes Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili, Vice-Premier Giorgi Baramidze and Parliamentary Chairperson Nino Burjanadze. These speculations suggest that on the initial stage there will be the Prime Minister for an interim period and it might be a person who was a close ally of Zhvania.

?I do not know, to whose team I belong, I know my business and I am doing it,? Kakha Bendukidze said.