The leader of the ruling party "Georgian Dream" Irakli Kobakhidze called "shameful" some statements made by Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili during her Independence Day speech on May 26.

News-Georgia news agency quotes him as saying.

In her speech, Salome Zurabishvili expressed regret that "the country is unable to adequately continue the legacy of Georgian law and fair trial.

Kobakhidze criticized the reference and said the president had "joined the campaign against the judiciary."

"I consider the president's May 26 statement a disgrace. It's a problem if on a solemn day she doesn't know what to talk about... This is an unreasoned statement, a criticism of a state institution and a serious deviation from the President's role as the guarantor of these institutions. She tried to harm the reputation of the judiciary, but in reality she harmed the institution of the president," Kobakhidze said.

The Georgian Dream leader also mentioned the international partners pointing to Georgia's problems with the courts and called all the claims groundless. "Has there been a single argument that the courts are working with failures? Have you heard any arguments that there is a problem in the courts? No arguments are given," Kobakhidze said.

He also criticized the fragment of the speech concerning Abkhazia and South Ossetia occupied by Russia, noting that Salome Zurabishvili "almost called them her neighbors and spoke about their sovereignty" and "along with that the statement about the courts is nothing.

When asked whether Mechta is thinking of impeaching the President, Irakli Kobakhidze said her statements have no grounds for that.

This is not the first public information about the conflicts between the ruling party and the president. In early March, Zurabishvili was denied a speech on Ukraine in the Georgian parliament. The president later claimed that the government tried to limit her international activities and she had to reformat her four working visits to European capitals into personal meetings. She also criticized Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili for single-handedly signing the EU accession application.

The Dream threatened her with an appeal to the Constitutional Court for allegedly exceeding her authority in appointing ambassadors and said international visits, which she had made without consulting the government.