6 detained while protesting in front of State Security Service headquarters in Tbilisi
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Six have been detained for hooliganism and disobedience to police while protesting in front of the headquarters of the Georgian State Security Service earlier today.
Demonstrators at the State Security Service building demanded a meeting with the head of the state agency Grigol Liluashvili “to ask him why police are detaining demonstrators in Tbilisi.”
Demonstrations in Tbilisi were sparked after the rejection of the election bill on November 14 which offered the move to a fully proportional electoral system starting 2020, instead of 2024 as per the current state constitution.
The ruling Georgian Dream party accepted the change to the electoral system in the summer, during June protests, and proposed the bill.
The opposition has plans to block the parliament building again on November 26. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
However, 40 MPs of the ruling party refused to vote for the bill last week which triggered protests, with demonstrators accusing the current state leadership of “breaking its promise.”
37 were detained during the rally dispersal in front of the parliament building of Georgia on November 18, with only two of them have been released so far.
Four were detained yesterday during a rally in front of the headquarters of the Georgian Dream Ruling Party headquarters.
Demonstrators are rallying in Tbilisi and in the regions, symbolically lock the gates of state bodies.
The opposition has announced a large-scale rally on Rustaveli Avenue on November 25 and blocking the work of parliament on November 26.
In a statement released in response to local NGOs accusing the judge Valeriane Pilishvili of partiality, Tbilisi City Court said recent hearings have been held under deliberate discreditation from the detainees and their supporters, disinformation campaign and sharp criticism.
Police have detained yet another member of the Shecvale (change) youth movement, Tite Gedenidze, in front of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party office earlier today.
Demonstrators who have been protesting the rejection of the election bill since November 14 have gathered in front of the administration building of the government of Georgia in central Tbilisi earlier today, demanding snap parliamentary elections with the use of a fully proportional electoral system, conducted by an interim government.Protests in Tbilisi were sparked after the ruling Georgian Dream party proposed election bill last week was scrapped.
The leader of the European Georgia opposition party David Bakradze has announced a “large-scale” rally on Monday, November 25 in front of parliament, adding that demonstrators will ‘peacefully block the entrances’ of the legislative body on November 26.He stated that the opposition “is not happy” about blocking the parliament activities. However, “the current state leadership has left no other way."
Law enforcers and emergency brigades are present at parliament in central Tbilisi, as last week the opposition announced “a large-scale rally and the blocking of the work of parliament” on November 25 and 26. The leader of the European Georgia opposition party David Bakradze says that rallies will continue until the current state leadership “takes genuine steps to ease the current tension."