On controversies within United National Movement

About the ongoing processes in the United National Movement, Irakli Kobakhidze, the chairman of Georgian Dream, said: "The first crack has appeared between Kezerashvili and Merabishvili - they will split even more, they will try to eat up each other in the struggle for this influence. This process is very good."

According to him, Levan Khabeishvili is the formal chairman of the Natio­nal Movement, and no one asks him anything. "We all know that Khabeishvili is the formal chairman. Actually, Kezerashvili and Merabishvili are managing the processes - Kezerashvili from abroad, Merabishvili from the inside of the country, and the first crack have appeared between them. We have information on this. In other words, Merabishvili also wants to become stronger. They will fall apart even more, they will split even more. In the struggle for this influence, they will try to eat up each other. This process is good, very good," said Kobakhidze.

On Saakashvili's health

About Mikheil Saakashvili's family, he said, "They are a corrupt, worthless family, and we are not surprised that they do not bring food with proper calories to their son and brother - they deliberately bring cold food so that it is tasteless and he doesn't eat much."

He emphasized, "For more than 500 days, we have been living in an absurdity, for more than 500 days, they have been claiming that he is dying, and this absurdity may continue for another 5000 days." He said that only the one who self-harms is responsible for the consequences. Kobakhidze cited the death of a Georgian prisoner after a 3-week hunger strike in a Belgian prison as an example and noted that this was also a self-harm.

"It is clear that Saakashvili has a political interest in losing weight, it is a tool for his patrons to talk about his release, but when his own family takes actions that could potentially harm his health, it is shocking, it shows what kind of family we are dealing with. In general, this is a corrupt family. We all know that almost all family members were involved in corrupt activities. Saakashvili's family has 170 million worth of property in Georgia alone at the expense of the poor people. Based on the FARA law, we now know from the declaration that they have bought many apartments and real estate in the USA. They are a corrupt, worthless family, and we are not surprised that they do not bring food with good calories to their son and brother - they deliberately bring cold food so that it is tasteless and he does not eat much," Kobakhidze said.