The appointment of former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili as the head of government administration (governor) of Odesa province in Ukraine produced a wave of speculation about his future plans in Georgia. Immediately after taking office in Odesa, Saakashvili gave several interviews for Georgian media outlets, including Rustavi 2 and Imedi. However, governor Saakashvili did not answer two key questions: whether he knew about the ongoing conflict in his party, United National Movement (UNM), and why several of its leaders had unexpectedly left (see EDM, June 5). Speaking about this topic, Saakashvili only said that “a party is a live organism—some …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation