I call on all law-enforcement agencies to be especially careful during the next 2 weeks and to work with special attention to prevent provocations, - the head of the election staff of the "Georgian Dream" party, Prime Minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, announced this at a briefing held at the party's office.

The Prime Minister responded to the information released by the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia regarding the case of the attempted murder of Givi Targamadze and noted that in the offices of the opposition parties, "talks about organizing provocations, which, according to their calculations, should make corrections in the course of the elections, do not stop."The Prime Minister called on the opposition to refrain from planning provocations.

According to him, any provocation will be met with the strongest response from the state."We would like to respond to the briefing held yesterday at the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia regarding the attempted murder of Givi Targamadze.

The defendant Darcho Khechuashvili confirmed in his testimony that in 2016 he received the task of spying on Givi Targamadze with the involvement of Mikheil Saakashvili and Gia Lortkifanidze. We remind you that the explosion of Givi Targamadze's car, which, fortunately, ended without casualties, was the heaviest act that happened 3 days before the 2016 parliamentary elections, which was most likely aimed at influencing the results of the elections. Finding the traces of Mikheil Saakashvili and Gia Lortkipanidze in this crime is thought-provoking and should become a subject of special interest in the investigation.

Agree with us, it is strange that a person who is accused of organizing the worst pre-election provocation in 2016 and who faces 18 years in prison in Georgia, a couple of weeks before the October 26 parliamentary elections, the so-called He crossed the green border and was planning to enter Georgia illegally. It is reasonable to assume that a person can take such a step only under conditions of blackmail and demands to perform a similar task," said Kobakhidze.

According to him, "the radical opposition knows the real party ratings very well. Everyone knows that the rating of "Georgian Dream" is about 60 percent, and the collective "National Movement" is doomed to another, heaviest, ninth election defeat."

Against this background, their party offices do not stop talking about organizing provocations, which, according to their calculations, should make corrections in the course of the elections.

Against the background of the suspect Darcho Khechuashvili's dubious attempt to enter Georgia illegally and the ongoing conversations in the party offices of the radical opposition, I call on all law enforcement agencies to be especially careful during the next 2 weeks and work with special attention to prevent provocations.You can all see that the election campaign will take place in an unprecedentedly calm environment, which further reduces the chances of success of the collective "National Movement" focused on radicalization. The electoral environment is free and competitive, which was confirmed by the report published yesterday by OSCE-ODIHR. Against this background, it is not surprising that the thinking of the radical opposition is now completely directed towards provocations.The state stands at the height of the call and we will not give anyone the opportunity to bring disorder in the country. The management team will do everything to ensure that the election process continues in a peaceful environment and that voters can make their choice on October 26 in a peaceful environment.

We call on the radical opposition to refrain from planning provocations. Any provocation will be met with the harshest response from the state," said Irakli Kobakhidze.