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May 24th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The Georgian parliament on Tuesday adopted an Ivanishvili-related amendment to the constitution which allowed EU citizens, who were born and lived in Georgia for the last five years to vote and be elected in the country’s parliamentary and presidential elections.
The leader of the Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party, who was stripped of his Georgian citizenship in October 2011 due to his French one, has rejected the amendment.
Ivanishivli has said that he wants to apply for dual citizenship and his lawyers are engaged in a complicated legal process to get back his Georgian citizenship.
Ivanishvili has said that if President Mikheil Saakashvili rejects the businessman’s appeal and signs the changes, he won’t make use of the constitutional changes and won’t participate in the parliamentary elections in early October.
“We are doing our best to keep everything within the framework of the existing law and change the current government through elections only,” Ivanishvili told Press TV.
The businessman has asked Saakashvili not to sign the amendment, and wrote a letter to him, saying that this will save the country’s prestige.
“I’m not going to compete with you in whim and I’m ready to give you one more opportunity to correct your mistake – to appeal to you for receiving double citizenship the way your political group members and officials indicate to,” Ivanishvili said.
In April 2012 the billionaire businessman established the Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party with the hope to challenge the ruling United National Movement in the parliamentary elections.
Analysts say Ivanishvili poses a credible threat to the current government due to his huge financial resources and also because of his reputation which is not tarnished by the political machinations in the past.
Ivanishvili, whose wealth is estimated to be USD 6.4 billion, decided to go into politics in October 2011 and called for Saakashvili’s resignation.
He has repeatedly said that he does not supports street protests or radical steps and will come to power through the ballot box. However, he called on his supporters to join him for a rally on May 27.
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