28.10.08

Confused

Interesting: The Georgian prime minister, who I feel like I have been chasing in conferences around Europe this past month, has stepped down. According to Saakashvili: "We made this decision together with Lado Gurgenidze, the decision that he will chair the new financial commission in charge of controlling the financial crisis and stabilizing the financial situation in Georgia." To be sure, he is an economist by training and used to run the Bank of Georgia- but why the sudden switch? Stepping in will be Grigol Mgaloblishvili, who was at the Georgian embassy in Turkey, and more recently the combined embassy of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the opposition leader Kakha Kukava, “Nobody knows Grigol Mgaloblishvili in Georgian political circles. He is a dark horse. In reality, Georgian Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili implements the functions of the prime minister," Kukava speculated that if Saakashvili, keeps Merabishvili on his post, then everything will "remain as earlier."
The BBC reported Gurgenidze was "sacked," while Saakashvili insisted Gurgenidze had only ever intended to stay in power one year or so.
I am a bit confused, but then the piles on my desk are mounting concerning other areas, and I sense the focus is to turn elsewhere now.

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