Irakli Kobakhidze referred to Eka Gigauri’s organization as an appendage of a political party

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze stated while speaking with journalists that Eka Gigauri's organization has never been a non-governmental organization or an "NGO". According to him, the organization has actually always been an appendage of a political party and they had to admit this fact. 1TV+3

According to the head of government, the mentioned organization does not make its own decisions and always acts based on instructions received from the outside. According to Kobakhidze, the organization refrained from full lustration for a long time, but eventually admitted to being an appendage of a political party. 1TV+3

The Prime Minister made this statement to the media after he was asked a question regarding the inclusion of the third president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, in the list of political prisoners by "Transparency International - Georgia". Interpressnews