The anchor of the main news program , Zaal Udumashvili bid farewell to the TV audience. He presented 9-o`clock news program today for the last time and after 25-year long career informed the TV audience about his decision to go to politicsa.

"This is my last address to the viewers as a" courier "presenter. Today I am ending my 25-year career in television, but I will continue to communicate with face to face.you do not have to communicate with the screen, but also a direct relationship to continue.

" I made a decision to go into politics. As a journalist, all these years, I was your daily visitor was and provided to you the information about the current events. But now I think that the time has come when I think that I should get involved in active politics and have my contribution to the fight against everything that has brought this country to total chaos. I have experience in fighting. I had a very interesting life, as a journalist and at the same time I accumulated a huge amount of experience of how to fight injustice.

"Together with Rustavi-2 " team and with you , i have once won a totally unequal battle with this government is . However, the country has a major fight ahead, and I"m going to run for elections of the Mayor of Tbilisi and once again win and defeat Ivanishvili`s corrupt and anti-democratic regime.

"Finally I want to thank all my colleagues and friends from Rustavi2, "- said Zaal Udumashvili.