. >> lincoln mitchell is an author and journalist, who said there was speculation that he was going to step down, because georgian party. >> many in georgia that he was not the person they wanted at the top of the ticket. this was a change that many expected before the election at some point and it would not have been good to do it two months before, so ten to 15 months somewhere in this window, having said that, i didn't think he would resign today. the georgia's economy is not doing well and voters in georgia are very concern about this. the georgian dream came in overproposalsed and they couldn't fulfill. they and the leading opposition party are in a statistical dead heat. soft support will come back to them by the sometime of the next election, if they do their work. >> still to come in the program. >> democracy delayed. i'm adam rainey, presidential election is put on hold indefinitely. >> and thousands of people are being shut out. out. >> hello again, the top stories on al jazeera. at least 25 people have died in saudi arabia after a fire broke out at a hospital in the port cit

. >> lincoln mitchell is a journalist who specializes in georgian politics.e said that there had been speculation that i was going to step down because his georgia dream party had lost popularity. >> there are elections in the fall in october of 2016. firefighters felt that he was not the kind of person -- was not the person they wanted at the top of the ticket so this was a change that many expected before the election at some point. and nobody -- it would not have been good do it two months before. so 10 to 15 months somewhere in this window, i didn't have i didn't wake up this morning and say i think he will resign today. so the timing was a bit of a surprise. the georgian dreams popularity has declined primarily because georgia's economy is not doing well at all. and voters in george are very concerned about that. the georgia an dream came in with an enormous promise, they over promised and couldn't deliver. their popularity has fall end substantially. i suspect the georgia an dream has quite a bit of soft support that will come back to them in time for t

they have not done enough >>> lincoln mitchell. thank you for your insights >>> this morning, that u.n.-backed plan to form a unity government in libya is in jeopardy. the pact would unite the self-declared parliament in tripoli and the internationally recognised one in tobruk. the president of tripoli's government says he has not authorized his representatives to mover forward. the u.n. human rights commission is holding a special session. 87 in burundi have been killed. it has been in turmoil since the president announced in april he would be seeking a third term. >>> today is a year since the u.s. and cuba announced plans to restore relations. negotiations are working to restore commercial airline flights into havana. the lack of flights is not stopping cubans coming to the u.s. as our correspondent reports they are arriving through mexico. >> these are the steps that 20,000 cooun you cubans took, seeking refugee status in the united states. across the country it's higher. 43,000 cubans entering the u.s. under a cold war provisi