Georgian Ruling Party Proposes Ex-Footballer for President
- Electoral college to select next president on Dec. 14
- Current, pro-Europe head of state is critical of ruling party
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Georgia’s ruling party chose Mikheil Kavelashvili, a former soccer player and current lawmaker, to be their presidential candidate in the Dec. 14 election to replace the country’s current pro-Europe head of state.
“I hope he will serve Georgia, not foreign forces,” Georgian Dream’s founder, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, said on Wednesday while nominating him in the country’s capital of Tbilisi. He disparaged the current president, Salome Zourabichvili, who was elected with the ruling party’s backing in 2018, before falling out over policy differences.