Physical attacks and retaliation against journalists, especially in the savage form we have seen, if left unpunished, means either a criminal regime or the state’s weakness in the face of sabotage and crime, which ultimately ends up with the dominance of crime again and again, - former Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili writes about this on social media, referring to the attack on a journalist and cameraman of “TV Pirveli”.

According to him, if the attackers go unpunished, the next stop will be “a completely different country”.

“Physical attacks and retaliation against journalists, especially in the savage form we have seen, if left unpunished, means either a criminal regime or the state’s weakness in the face of sabotage and crime, which ultimately ends up with the dominance of crime again and again; And in this case, it makes absolutely no difference, neither the degree of independence of the journalists who are the object of aggression, nor the attitude of this or that politician towards the injured journalists.

If the attackers go unpunished, the next stop will be a completely different country. We must not allow this! ", - writes Kvirikashvili.