Ruling party official claims “extremism” of “agent network opposition” “encouraged” by foreign politicians

Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday claimed  “extremism” of the “agent network opposition”, which he said had been “encouraged” by foreign politicians who had recently visited Georgia, in reference to a delegation of European parliamentarians who last week addressed demonstrators in Tbilisi, urging them to “fight against the stolen votes” in last month’s parliamentary elections.

In his remarks over the opposition’s rally in Tbilisi, Mdinaradze said a “handful of individuals and the agent network opposition” could not be “allowed to paralyse the capital city”, and further added  the  Government would “not tolerate the development”.

The ruling party official extended his gratitude to the police and the Minister of Internal Affairs for enforcing the law “in a peaceful manner” in their dispersal of the rally on Tuesday.

The police made the correct decision to enforce the law. This extremism, carried out by the agent network opposition, has been encouraged by foreign politicians who arrived in Georgia in recent days, incited their agent network, called for a Maidan-style uprising, and then calmly returned to their countries”, Mdinaradze continued.

He further denounced obstruction of reporters’ work  at the  rally as “unacceptable”.

Mdinaradze stressed  the action constituted a crime under the Criminal Code of Georgia and expressed his regret that journalists of the “radical opposition media outlets” were “turning a blind eye to bullying and humiliation against their colleagues”.