On Shota Avenue Rustaveli in the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi the night before, the protest rally resumed.
protesters, on the 131st day of continuous protest, gathered at the country’s parliament building, blocked the road.
The requirements of protesters remain unchanged – to appoint new elections and release detainees during shares.
In parallel, the action took place near the building of the public broadcaster, from where the manifestants went march to Rustaveli Avenue and joined the action.
Promotions began after the Georgian government suspended the process of negotiations on joining the European Union and lasts more than 130 days.
Prime Minister Irakli Kobahidze on November 28, 2024 accused the EU of blackmail and announced that the process of European integration was frozen for four years. This statement caused tension in relations between Georgia and the West.
Despite the fact that the protests are no longer as crowded as in late November and in December, the demonstrators continue to take to the streets of Tbilisi, blocking the roads near the parliament. Similar protests are held in Batumi. Participants require early parliamentary elections.
A number of officials from the EU and the United States supported the protesters, and the detainees during clashes with the police are in custody.
Most of the EU countries (with the exception of Hungary and Slovakia), the USA, as well as the ex-president of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili and the opposition parties do not recognize the results of the parliamentary elections that have passed on October 26, 2024, and oppose the government’s decision to suspend negotiations with the EU.
The authorities, in turn, are accused of Western countries, Zurabishvili and the opposition of attempts to “destabilize the situation and overthrow the government with street protests.”