8 Aug 2017 13:52

Burjanadze intends to run for Georgian presidency

MOSCOW. Aug 8 (Interfax) - Former Georgian Parliament Speaker Nino Burjanadze intends to join the 2018 presidential race.

"Yes, I am going to put my candidacy forward but everything depends on what Georgian Dream [the ruling party] will do. They are modifying legislative norms. They wanted to amend laws in order to make Georgia a strictly parliamentary republic, and they wanted the next president to be elected by parliament rather than via a direct (universal) ballot," Burjanadze told RT in an interview.