Mikhail Saakashvili, the former governor of Ukraine’s
Odessa region, stated at a news conference on Friday that it was
necessary to create a "new political force for toppling the current
political elite" at early presidential elections to Verkhovna
Rada.
"We are going to create a broad political force in order to
replace the current elite," Saakashvili said. "We should hold early
elections to Verkhovna Rada and change the so-called political
clique," he added. Saakashvili said that he was not planning to
enter into talks with any of the politicians since there could be
no negotiations in Ukraine. There can only be wheeling and
dealing," the ex-governor said.
Saakashvili believes that unlike the previous government, the
incumbent authorities do not have political support.
Earlier, Saakashvili said that he was ready to create a new
party named Khvylya ("Wave") for participation in the early Rada
elections.
Mikhail Saakashvili, Governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region,
announced his resignation on November 7. He pinned his decision to
step down on the fact that he found it impossible to combat
corruption, which was said to be traced to top officials in the
executive branch including President Poroshenko himself.
Saakashvili said that he would no longer cooperate with
President Pyotr Poroshenko.
"Poroshenko had a chance to use me for the right purposes, for
real reforms instead of intrigues," Saakashvili told a news
conference in Kiev. "But it turned out that real reforms and his
own prosperity are contradicting each other."
"He is not the one to give me orders. Poroshenko knows me longer
than Trump and he did not want to use my experience in order to
help Ukraine, therefore, I am going to do what I want," Saakashvili
said.
He added that he would meet with Poroshenko only when the
president was ready for early parliamentary elections.
On Thursday, Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko relieved
Mikhail Saakashvili of his gubernatorial duties.
Georgia’s former president Mikhail Saakashvili fled Georgia in
mid-November 2013, days before his second term in office expired
and the inauguration of President Georgy Margvelashvili (November
17, 2013). After that, he stayed in the United States and
Ukraine.