Georgian Dream: Last year, the protest started as a result of the mistake made by authorities - the destructive opposition attempted to use this protest for its own political interests
The destructive opposition attempted to use the protests for its own political interests and the protest wave turned into a violent demonstration. They stormed the Parliament building and police forces and, in fact, tried to forcibly overthrow the government", - it is said in the Georgian Dream's statement with regards to 20 June.
The statement also notes that it's is important to assess the last year's developments once again.
"Today, when we assess the 20 June developments, we should apply this every perspective in order to diminish the risk reoccurrence of such destructive processes in the future. Last year, the protest started as a result of an unfortunate mistake made by the authorities. The authorities admitted the mistake and took political responsibility. Unfortunately, the destructive opposition attempted to use the protest for its own political interest and turned the public protests into the forcible action. They stormed the Parliament building and police forces and, in fact, tried to forcibly overthrow the government. Despite the fact, the forcible protest was broadcasted in live practically by every TV channel and there were authentic pieces of evidence against the organizers and active participants, the opposition with its usual impudence had been denying the facts witnessed by the whole population. However, throughout the last year, the opponents confirmed it several times that the forcible protest of 20-21 June 2019 was specially planned operation which aimed to provoke the police excess to create an artificial pretext in order to overthrow the government. The goal of the authors of 7 November 2007 and 26 May 2011 was cynical and immoral - they know it well that the Georgian population reacts sensitively when the police use the force, even legitimately. It's certain that the police forces were acting in accordance with the Georgian legislature when halting the storming against the main state institute. Unfortunately, the participants of the protest and as well as policemen were heavily injured during the operation which aimed to stop the outlaw action with a legitimate operation; the media representatives were also injured. Their injuries were the gravest consequence and legal and political responsibility. The responsibility for this result goes to the organizers of the venture. As a result of these events, the authorities fared well in the democracy test and didn't neglect the police excess occurrences without the judicial reaction. In addition, the authorities did everything for injured individuals in terms of health rehabilitation. Moreover, it should be noted that the courts confirmed the offenses made by the participants from which the majority pleaded guilty themselves.
Today, one year after this grave development, when the emotions are not as intense and we can clearly assess the facts, the difference between loyal, effective and caring authorities and destructive groups become even more obvious", - stated in Georgian Dream.
