Kobakhidze says opposition attempts to stage a Maidan in Georgia have failed
Another attempt by the opposition to organize a revolution in Georgia and implement the Ukrainian Maidan scenario in the country has failed again. This was stated by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze at a briefing on Tuesday, December 3.
"It was very unpleasant for the Georgian society to watch four attempts of revolution in four years. The fourth wave of the attempt to organize a revolution <...> was much weaker than it could have been otherwise," Kobakhidze said, as quoted by the Imedinews news agency.
The Prime Minister stressed that the organizers of the protests will not be able to escape responsibility
Protests related to the suspension of negotiations on European integration and the opposition's disagreement with the results of parliamentary elections in Georgia have been going on for several days. The night before, Georgian security forces used tear gas to disperse demonstrators in the center of Tbilisi.
Earlier, on November 30, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili said that she would not give up her powers at the end of December because she considers the new parliament illegitimate. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze warned that she would have to leave office by law. On the same day, protesters tried to set fire to the Georgian parliament building and damaged dozens of offices.
Against the background of what is happening, the US State Department suspended its strategic partnership with the Georgian side, and the French Foreign Ministry accused the Georgian authorities of "repression." In turn, Kobakhidze noted that the issue of joining the association is being used to blackmail Tbilisi.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the events in Georgia its internal affair. In his assessment, the protests in the country are an attempt to rock the situation and resemble the events of the Ukrainian Maidan.
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