Soon after 2016 parliamentary elections, the government of the party of the Georgian Dream , which won the elections, started discussions and implemented some actions, both of which create new threats for the country’s economic and energy independence. To build trust within the parliament, in his address, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili stated that the government would consider the Initial Public Offering of 25% of the state-owned Georgian Railway and the Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation stakes.