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Impatient. National Movement Secretary Vano Merabishvili can’t wait four years for the next election. “There are other methods,” he says. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili’s political party says it can’t wait four years for a change of power and instead will try to ‘weaken’ the Ivanishvili government.

Secretary General of the National Movement, Vano Merabisvhili, says they do not plan

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Ex-minister questioned again about fake passport

Former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili greeting supporters as he exits the general prosecutor's building Friday after five hours of questioning. (Photo: Irakli Gedenidze/Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili was Friday questioned a second time about his attempt to leave the country with a fake passport November 30.

The interior ministry has made public several witness statements seeming to confirm that

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Ex-minister questioned about forged passport

Vano Merabishvili waiting to be questioned at the police December 1, 2012. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili was Saturday interrogated. He did not comment except saying it’s a pity that the prime minister is using the interior ministry as a tool of repression against the opposition.

The interior ministry

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Ex-minister wanted to fly to Armenia with forged passport

The fake passport, with the name and signature of one Levan Maisuradze, but a photo of Vano Merabishvili. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The former interior minister Vano Merabishvili is under investigation for having tried to board a flight from Tbilisi go Yerevan Friday with a forged passport.

Merabishvili was traveling together with President Saakashvili and others.

According

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Ex-minister Merabishvili denies wrongdoing

Former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili says the accusations against him can not be taken seriously and refuses to comment. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — A former Interior Minister who is accused of abuse of power says he is ready to answer all questions, but that the accusations against him can not be taken seriously.

The case broke a few days ago, when the Interior Ministry provided the prosecutor’s

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Merabishvili may be investigated

Vano Merabishvili was interior minister for eight years. Now he may face prosecution for secretly allowing two ministry tops carry on in their positions even though he had fired them. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The interior ministry in Georgia has asked the prosecutors to investigate former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili.

Ministry spokesperson Nino Giorgobiani Saturday morning explained at a press conference that the material submitted to

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Government's newfound leftism considered suspicious

Critics say the new prime minister, Vano Merabishvili, is talking like a leftist, and consider his election promises suspicious. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The government’s action plan ‘More Benefits to People’ is entirely based on social issues. This is now sparking criticism from experts and government opponents.

The first promise new Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili made was to give each family

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Petre Tsiskarishvili explains Merabishvili's promotion

Ruling party parliamentarian Petre Tsiskarishvili says the appointment of interior minister Vano Merabishvili as prime minister was logical and necessary. (IPN.)

President Mikheil Saakashvili Saturday appointed interior minister Vano Merabishvili as prime minister. DF Watch spoke to Petre Tsiskarishvili about the surprise announcement.

Tsiskarishvili is parliamentary leader of the majority National Movement party. He says that

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