"The agreement has been annulled and we said many times that we will never sign such an agreement in the future. This was a temporarily step beyond the framework of the constitution and it will never happen again, we are responsible for that. Surely, we exclude the idea of holding early parliamentary elections until 2024," – said Kobakhidze.
The idea of early parliamentary elections was imbedded in the April 19 Agreement. According to the document signed between the government and part of the opposition through the mediation of the European Union and the United States, if the Georgian Dream won less than 43% of the proportional representation in the 2021 local elections, early parliamentary elections will be called in 2022. However, the Georgian Dream withdrew from the agreement. The ruling team said that the appointment of early elections will depend on their good will.
Prior to the withdrawal from the agreement, the Georgian Dream also failed to comply with the document's obligation to suspend parliament from appointing lifelong judges to the Supreme Court until judicial reform, and appointed six judges for life.
The Charles Michel document was signed on April 19, after six months of negotiations between the government and the opposition. UNM, Labor Party, Elene Khoshtaria and European Georgia did not sign the document.
On August 2, US Ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan stressed the continued relevance of the agreement as a guidance for reforms. “I hope we will see the agreement remain in force, continue to provide guidance that Georgian leaders need to enact the necessary reforms. The focus needs to be on fulfilling the commitments that Georgian Dream and all of the signatories to the agreement made,” – said Ambassador Degnan.
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