Awarding Amaghlobeli [founder of Batumelebi and Netgazeti] is a continuation of the unjust political attitude towards Georgia, constitutes yet another mockery of Georgian society. Such a statement made today Giorgi Grdzelishvili, Head of Communications for the Georgian Dream.

"Awarding Amaghlobeli the hero`s prize is a continuation of that unjust political attitude towards Georgia, which has persisted unabated for several years now. The decision to award the hero`s prize to a criminal who deliberately attacked a police officer, and through this action showed contempt not merely towards one specific law enforcement officer but towards the entire system and the state, represents yet another act of shamelessness, a mockery of Georgian society, free speech, and free media.

On the other hand, awarding the hero`s prize to convicted Mzia Amaghlobeli clearly demonstrates the dire state in which international media and the international press find themselves, controlled precisely in the same manner as Brussels` political establishment, managed from a single centre, totally controlled by one hand, and where any such decision serves a specific purpose.

In this instance, Amaghlobeli, convicted for deliberate violence and attacks on the state and its institutions, was exploited, and as a result, we see that they `rewarded` the faithful execution of an assignment and declared nothing more, nothing less than a hero on the international stage", - said Giorgi Grdzelishvili.