It is the government`s responsibility to its people, its state, and its democratic system to decisively remove undemocratic and unconstitutional political forces from the system once and for all. Such a statement the Prime Minister of Georgia made in the interview with Imedi LIVE.
"They are making so many illogical and unjust decisions that one can imagine anything, but let us hope they will approach all of this pragmatically and refrain from defending the United National Movement [UNM] so openly.
Everyone has seen this before, since 2012, and even since 2004, that similar individuals were defending the bloody regime. Torture, murder, organised crime, media hijacking, where was the criticism back then? Where were the similar statements? The same people were directly protecting that brutal regime; perhaps their names and surnames differed, but the overall picture remained the same. After 2012, you may recall, they explicitly prevented the Georgian Dream from punishing the offenders.
They spoke out directly at the highest level; Barroso, the then Chief Representative of the EU, stated: “You cannot detain them; you should not target the criminals.” This shield was literally within our grasp. Everyone knows that the UNM was protected by European bureaucrats, and at one point, by US bureaucrats as well. People have become accustomed to this, but I believe that direct exposure, self-lustration, and attempts to cover up for the UNM should hardly be wanted by these forces; I am referring to the European bureaucracy.
Let us see how the remaining processes unfold. However, our responsibility to our people, our state, and our democratic system is clear: to remove undemocratic and unconstitutional political forces from this system once and for all, so that Georgia can find peace. This is the primary task to free our country from constant radicalism, hatred, incitement of enmity, and confrontation with the democratic order. We cannot live under this regime indefinitely.
For five years, these individuals have been claiming that we are unconstitutional. Let someone determine whether we are or they are unconstitutional. We have demonstrated, with facts, that one of these sides must necessarily be unconstitutional, and it is the radical opposition. We prove, with evidence, that among the two sides, the ruling party and the radical opposition", - said Irakli Kobakhidze.