Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobajidzehas threatened this Monday to ask the Constitutional Court the illegalization of opposition partieswhom he has accused of openly acting against the legal order in force in the country after the fourth consecutive night of riots after the Government postponed the start of EU accession negotiations to 2028.
“They have openly acted against the constitutional orderwhich is a reason to ask the Constitutional Court to declare opposition parties unconstitutional,” Kobajidze said in a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers broadcast live on television. However, he added that “we have to wait and see how events develop”, after stating that “everything is in the hands of the Government”.
At the same time, Kobajidze has declared his willingness to maintain a “healthy debate” with the participants in the protests that broke out last Thursday. “We propose any type of debate format,” said the prime minister, who has admitted that he has little hope that this initiative will bear fruit, “because the preachers of liberal fascism, who behave like bolsheviksthey speak out against any type of dissent”.
Thus, he has attacked opposition politicians, whom he has accused of “adventurers who coordinate violence and seek to destroy the constitutional order”, and has denounced that they have financing from abroad.
Between Sunday and Monday, the Georgian capital experienced its fourth consecutive night of violent clashes between anti-riot forces and demonstrators protesting against the freezing of negotiations with the EU and demand the holding of new parliamentary elections.
As in the previous days, as night fell the opponents gathered at a protest rally next to the Parliament headquarters, protected by a large police contingent. According to the Ministry of the Interior, “aggressive group” They attacked the police with stones, flares and flammable substancesand the riot police proceeded to break up the demonstration with the use of tear gas and water cannons.
The protesters resisted the action of the police forces, who arrested several people and They were only able to clear the vicinity of Parliament around 06:00 local time (02.00 GMT).
Interior has indicated that among those detained this morning is Zurab Dzhaparidze, leader of the opposition Coalition for Change. Since last Thursday, according to authorities, 224 protesters have been arrested for contempt and vandalism, and 113 police officers have been injured.
This Monday, The Russian Kremlin has warned of attempts to organize a popular revolution like the Ukrainian in Georgia. “The most direct parallel is what happened on the Maidan in Ukraine. There are every indications that an attempt is being made to organize an Orange Revolution,” said Dmitri Peskov, presidential spokesman, in his daily telephone press conference.
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