Last week Georgian Prime Minister Irakly Garibashvili who had been in office since 2013, unexpectedly resigned from his post. He was succeeded by Georgi Kvirikashvili, in a vote supported by the majority of parliament. Garibashvili served as head of Georgia’s government led by the Georgian Dream (GD) coalition, since 2012. Although no statement was released on the reason of Garibashvili’s departure, support for his ruling Georgian Dream party has declined in the past months according to opinion polls, and the political playfield is strongly divided.
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