Yesterday, we saw Ivanishvili, who was intimidated and very confused. His threats are an expression of the defensive reaction of a frightened ruler, - said the former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili.

As Saakashvili writes in the social network "Facebook", "Ivanishvili will cause more damage to the country in the coming months".

"Yesterday, Ivanishvili officially declared war on the West, therefore on the Georgian people and abolished democracy in Georgia. Finally, what was clear until now, but for 12 years the oligarch was masked in one way or another, was revealed. He knows that he is going to lose the elections, and to neutralize the expected protests after the elections, he announces mass repressions in advance. He repeated Putin's narrative on the "Rose Revolution" verbatim. What should each of us do? First, let's take into account the experience of Belarus in 2020 and Moscow in 2012. It should be understood that the Russian regime perceives the excessive use of language as a weakness. Society should create mechanisms to protect itself from the regime. For the prevention of violence, the coming weeks will be decisive not only for the fate of each of us, but also for the presence or absence of Georgia. Finally, yesterday we saw Ivanishvili, who was intimidated and very confused. His threats are an expression of the defensive reaction of a frightened ruler. This proves only one thing - we must be united, fearless and make it to the end. Of course, Ivanishvili will harm the country and many of us in the coming months, but the more persistent we are, the more minimal this damage will be, and most importantly, it will be completely neutralized in the future," Saakashvili wrote.