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Georgian Dream chair Irakli Kobakhidze has lashed out at EU Ambassador Carl Hartzell over the diplomat’s critical remarks on the governing party’s decisions to expel three opposition MPs from the Parliament, and to move on with appointments to the forthcoming Special Investigation and Personal Data Protection agencies.

In an extended interview with Palitra News TV late on February 16, MP Kobakhidze argued none of the Ambassador’s statements were “fair and unbiased, and this is exactly why they are not interesting for us in this regard.”

“Any unbiased assessment, including a critical one, would have been interesting for us,” the GD chair noted, adding the governing party “will naturally pay less attention” to statements that they perceive to be unfair or biased.