MP Sees More Room for Moderate Opposition in Georgian Politics

A lawmaker from the ruling party, Gigi Tsereteli, who is a vice-speaker of the Parliament, said there was room for more moderate parties in the Georgian politics and supposed that this gap might be filled by possible new parties.

“Aggressive, extremist-like political organizations and their doctrines and their platforms will have no future in Georgia and there will be much more supporters for moderate, constructive opposition,” Tsereteli said. “This niche, which is broader, will probably be occupied either by the existing moderate opposition groups or maybe new ones will emerge.”

As usually the authorities are referring to those parties, which are behind the ongoing protests to demand President Saakashvili’s resignation, as “radical opposition” and those having seats in the parliament, mainly the Christian-Democratic Movement, as “moderates” with whom the authorities say they have “a constructive cooperation.”

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