The day before the building of the Georgian parliament, the protest of supporters of the European Atlantic course of the country was resumed on the eve.
According to local media, demonstrators blocked the automobile traffic along Shota Rustaveli Avenue.
On the 56th day of shares, protesters still require the appointment of new parliamentary elections and the release of all detainees during the demonstrations.
Recall that the protest of citizens was called by Prime Minister Irakli Kobahidze dated November 28 last year, according to which, by the decision of the government, the opening of negotiations on Georgia entered the European Union is postponed until 2028.
the European Union, the United States and the opposition of Georgia do not recognize the results of the parliamentary elections and condemn the decision of the ruling party “Georgian dream” to postpone the beginning of negotiations on the EU until 2028.
In turn, Prime Minister Irakli Kobahidze and the government accuse the opposition and the forces supported by the West of trying to overthrow power through “street actions.”
A number of European countries and the United States have already imposed sanctions against Georgian officials.
Protest promotions in Georgia
Protest shares began in Tbilisi and other cities of Georgia after the statement of Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze that the republic will not begin to negotiate in the EU until the end of 2028.
On November 28, Kobahidze said that some European politicians intervene in the internal affairs of Georgia and blackmail Tbilisi with grants. “Taking all this into account, we decided not to raise the question of the start of negotiations with the EU for discussion until the end of 2028,” said the head of the Georgian government.
In protest against the decision of the government, residents of other cities entered the streets.
EU, the USA, the former President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili and the opposition does not recognize the results of the parliamentary elections in which the Georgian Dream won.
The Government of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze accuses a number of forces supported by the West, the former President Zurabishvili and the opposition of trying to overthrow the government through “street actions”
After the government’s decision to suspend European integration, the ambassadors of Georgia, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Bulgaria and South Korea resigned from their posts.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on the introduction of sanctions against 19 representatives of the Georgian authorities, including the Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and the leader of the ruling party “Georgian Dream” Bidzina Ivanishvili.