{"id":130779,"date":"2026-02-05T22:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T18:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/?p=130779"},"modified":"2026-02-05T22:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T18:04:09","slug":"pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/","title":{"rendered":"PM: Debate open on any topic, discussions possible if constitutional order respected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told Georgian journalists in Dubai that debates can cover any topic, provided fundamental principles are respected, including the recognition of the constitutional order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot of speculation across the political spectrum. Regarding the proposal to hold debates on any subject, we can take any topic and discuss it. The main requirement is that fundamental principles are respected, one of which is the recognition of the constitutional order.<\/p>\n<p>A healthy discussion can take place on any issue. This does not mean we need to rethink our constitutional tasks. The point is that every topic has its advantages and disadvantages, and a normal, healthy discussion can examine these\u2014for example, the pros and cons of European integration. The key is that the discussion is argument-based, open, transparent, and provides the public with clear and informative perspectives on all topics,\u201d\u00a0the Prime Minister added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told Georgian journalists in Dubai that debates can cover any topic, provided fundamental principles are respected, including the recognition of the constitutional order. \u201cThere is a lot of speculation across the political spectrum. Regarding the proposal to hold debates on any subject, we can take any topic and discuss it. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169,167],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-130779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-of-the-day","8":"category-politics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PM: Debate open on any topic, discussions possible if constitutional order respected - TiflisNews.ge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM: Debate open on any topic, discussions possible if constitutional order respected - TiflisNews.ge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told Georgian journalists in Dubai that debates can cover any topic, provided fundamental principles are respected, including the recognition of the constitutional order. \u201cThere is a lot of speculation across the political spectrum. Regarding the proposal to hold debates on any subject, we can take any topic and discuss it. The [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TiflisNews.ge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-05T18:04:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1769793273-1765291933-kobaxidze2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"605\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u10e5\u10d4\u10d7\u10d4\u10d5\u10d0\u10dc \u10dc\u10d8\u10dc\u10e3\u10d0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u10e5\u10d4\u10d7\u10d4\u10d5\u10d0\u10dc \u10dc\u10d8\u10dc\u10e3\u10d0\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\u10e5\u10d4\u10d7\u10d4\u10d5\u10d0\u10dc \u10dc\u10d8\u10dc\u10e3\u10d0\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#\/schema\/person\/41fb4fb3bc887ab025061ad0ca9c60d7\"},\"headline\":\"PM: Debate open on any topic, discussions possible if constitutional order respected\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-05T18:04:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/\"},\"wordCount\":159,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1769793273-1765291933-kobaxidze2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News of the Day\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/\",\"name\":\"PM: Debate open on any topic, discussions possible if constitutional order respected - TiflisNews.ge\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1769793273-1765291933-kobaxidze2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-05T18:04:09+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1769793273-1765291933-kobaxidze2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1769793273-1765291933-kobaxidze2.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":605},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PM: Debate open on any topic, discussions possible if constitutional order respected\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/\",\"name\":\"TiflisNews.ge\",\"description\":\"Information Agency\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#organization\",\"name\":\"TiflisNews.ge\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-aaaaaa-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-aaaaaa-2.png\",\"width\":280,\"height\":81,\"caption\":\"TiflisNews.ge\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#\/schema\/person\/41fb4fb3bc887ab025061ad0ca9c60d7\",\"name\":\"\u10e5\u10d4\u10d7\u10d4\u10d5\u10d0\u10dc \u10dc\u10d8\u10dc\u10e3\u10d0\",\"description\":\"\u10e1\u10d0\u10d8\u10dc\u10e4\u10dd\u10e0\u10db\u10d0\u10ea\u10d8\u10dd \u10e1\u10d0\u10d0\u10d2\u10d4\u10dc\u10e2\u10dd tiflisnews.ge \u10d9\u10dd\u10dc\u10e2\u10d0\u10e5\u10e2\u10d8- \u260e\ufe0f 555 100 929\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/author\/marekhi854\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PM: Debate open on any topic, discussions possible if constitutional order respected - TiflisNews.ge","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"PM: Debate open on any topic, discussions possible if constitutional order respected - TiflisNews.ge","og_description":"Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told Georgian journalists in Dubai that debates can cover any topic, provided fundamental principles are respected, including the recognition of the constitutional order. \u201cThere is a lot of speculation across the political spectrum. Regarding the proposal to hold debates on any subject, we can take any topic and discuss it. The [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/","og_site_name":"TiflisNews.ge","article_published_time":"2026-02-05T18:04:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":605,"url":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1769793273-1765291933-kobaxidze2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"\u10e5\u10d4\u10d7\u10d4\u10d5\u10d0\u10dc \u10dc\u10d8\u10dc\u10e3\u10d0","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"\u10e5\u10d4\u10d7\u10d4\u10d5\u10d0\u10dc \u10dc\u10d8\u10dc\u10e3\u10d0","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/"},"author":{"name":"\u10e5\u10d4\u10d7\u10d4\u10d5\u10d0\u10dc \u10dc\u10d8\u10dc\u10e3\u10d0","@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#\/schema\/person\/41fb4fb3bc887ab025061ad0ca9c60d7"},"headline":"PM: Debate open on any topic, discussions possible if constitutional order respected","datePublished":"2026-02-05T18:04:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/"},"wordCount":159,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1769793273-1765291933-kobaxidze2.jpg","articleSection":["News of the Day","Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/","url":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/","name":"PM: Debate open on any topic, discussions possible if constitutional order respected - TiflisNews.ge","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1769793273-1765291933-kobaxidze2.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-05T18:04:09+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1769793273-1765291933-kobaxidze2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1769793273-1765291933-kobaxidze2.jpg","width":1000,"height":605},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/pm-debate-open-on-any-topic-discussions-possible-if-constitutional-order-respected\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PM: Debate open on any topic, discussions possible if constitutional order respected"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/","name":"TiflisNews.ge","description":"Information Agency","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#organization","name":"TiflisNews.ge","url":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-aaaaaa-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-aaaaaa-2.png","width":280,"height":81,"caption":"TiflisNews.ge"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/#\/schema\/person\/41fb4fb3bc887ab025061ad0ca9c60d7","name":"\u10e5\u10d4\u10d7\u10d4\u10d5\u10d0\u10dc \u10dc\u10d8\u10dc\u10e3\u10d0","description":"\u10e1\u10d0\u10d8\u10dc\u10e4\u10dd\u10e0\u10db\u10d0\u10ea\u10d8\u10dd \u10e1\u10d0\u10d0\u10d2\u10d4\u10dc\u10e2\u10dd tiflisnews.ge \u10d9\u10dd\u10dc\u10e2\u10d0\u10e5\u10e2\u10d8- \u260e\ufe0f 555 100 929","sameAs":["http:\/\/tiflisnews.ge"],"url":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/author\/marekhi854\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130780,"href":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130779\/revisions\/130780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}