PM says not only Georgian Gov’t but also US administration discusses negative role of USAID

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Monday highlighted that not only the Georgian Government but the current United States administration was also discussing the negative role and intention of the United States Agency for International Development to change governments against the will of the people in foreign countries.

In an interview with the Swiss weekly magazine Die Weltwoche, Kobakhidze noted that the current administration in the United States was acknowledging the negative role that USAID had played in various countries, particularly concerning pro-democratic revolutions.

“The [domestic] opposition claimed that the [2020 parliamentary] elections were rigged on the basis of a parallel vote count that did not match the official results of the Central Election Commission. But in the end, we managed to prove that there was no error in the results of the Central Election Commission regarding the parallel vote count, but that the parallel vote count was manipulated by a local foreign-funded non-governmental organisation, with the participation of USAID”, the Prime Minister said.

“Now we are glad that not only the Georgian Government is talking about USAID’s intention to change governments against the will of the people in foreign countries, including in Georgia, but also the current United States administration is talking about the negative role that USAID played in various countries, including in relation to pro-democratic revolutions”, he continued.

The Government head further added that the main issue was that this was an externally coordinated effort to change the Government in Georgia against the will of the Georgian people.

“Foreign-funded non-governmental organisation, which are, in fact, political stakeholders in Georgia, are therefore at the center of these events, as well as [domestic] opposition parties, which enjoy specific support from various stakeholders from abroad, are not satisfied with the [parliamentary] election results, they want to return to power after 2012, but they still failed”, he concluded.