Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has considered the country’s incumbent interior minister his worthy successor, RIA Novosti reported.

The Georgian cabinet chief has said that Irakli Garbibashvili has worked well enough in his position to deserve a further promotion.

Ivanishvili noted that the prime minister will from now on have more powers in Georgia than the president.

The incumbent premier intends to quit politics on November 24, a week after president-elect Giorgi Margvelashvili is sworn into office.