The National Bank has become the economic department of Ivanishvili's informal governance - if Zurabishvili had not submitted candidates, the functioning of the National Bank would have actually stopped, consultations would have started, and based on consensus it would have been possible to adopt a more or less healthy board, Roman Gotsiridze, the chairman of the political group Eurooptimists, said.

As he noted, the President's argument that Keinishvili and Khomeriki's candidacies were introduced as a test to show the government's harmfulness is not serious, as it laid the foundation for legalizing the influence of Georgian Dream in the banking system.

"Today there are 6 members in the board of the National Bank, the term of one of which expires in 2 months, he is an American citizen, and 5 members will remain. All five were nominated by Salome Zurabishvili, all five are loyal and obedient people of Georgian Dre­am. In fact, the National Bank has been abolished, the National Bank has become the economic department of Ivanishvili's informal government. In 30 seconds Turnava destroyed the trust and reputation of the National Bank built over 30 years. However, this was actually done by Georgian Dre­am, with the help of Turnava. Today, an important task in the country is to select the President of the National Bank from among the remaining 4 members of the National Bank. The task of this government is to keep Turnava as the acting president as long as Salome Zurabishvili is the President of the country. If Zurabishvili had not submitted these 2 candidates, when three vice-presidents left their positions, the functioning of the National Bank would have actually stopped and serious consultations would have begun and a more or less healthy National Bank board would have been created based on consensus. Salome Zurabishvili ruined everything. She thought she had nominated her own candidates - one odious lady turned out to be a specialist in viticulture and horticulture, and the other is a close friend of Kobakhidze. That's why Zurabishvili made mistakes, succumbed to the influence of Ivanishvili and Georgian Dre­am, all the government candidates were presented by her. She should be well aware of this and her justification and strange arguments that she introduced them (the candidacies of Keinishvili and Khomerik) as a test to show the harmfulness of the government is not serious. By approving these 2 candidates, she laid the foundation for legalizing the influence of Georgian Dre­am in the banking system", said Gotsiridze.

source: IPN