The former ruling party of Georgia, created by ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, will be defeated in the elections to local self-government bodies, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili told reporters.

The third president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, is going to return to Georgia for the upcoming elections to local government bodies, scheduled for October 2. The ruling party is confident that Saakashvili is again deceiving his voters and is not going to come to his homeland. At the same time, if the ex-president does return, the prime minister promised to take him to prison directly from the airport.

According to the head of government, Saakashvili and his "mafia gang" have committed unprecedented crimes against the Georgian people.

"Unfortunately, this continues to this day. If something is happening today, it is a direct informational psychological war against our people. For the ninth year in a row, our people endure this war, an abomination that comes from their TV companies. This is a direct fight against the Georgian people, states, churches, a struggle in which they will again be defeated on October 2," the prime minister said.

He stressed that after the elections "Georgian Dream," whose victory he does not doubt, will give a worthy answer "to all traitors and all enemies."

At the same time, Garibashvili called the victory in the elections on October 1, 2012, when a historical change of power took place in Georgia.

Opposition representatives commented on Garibashvili's statement. Elene Khoshtaria, leader of the Droa political organisation, called the prime minister's words an announcement of future repressions.

Mikheil Saakashvili served as President of Georgia for two terms. He left Georgia in November 2013 and has not returned to his homeland since then, although he promised to do so many times. The ex-president has been put on the domestic wanted list. In 2015, he lost his Georgian citizenship and has been a citizen of Ukraine for almost six years.