The catastrophic footage that we saw reflects a deep governmental crisis and an attempt to establish authoritarianism, - said the leader of "Unity - National Movement", Gigi Tsereteli, thus responding to violence against journalists and politicians by masked persons.

According to Gigi Tsereteli, the aforementioned violent actions are fully the responsibility of the management team and no one can be blamed.

"These catastrophic shots that we saw reflect a deep governmental crisis and an attempt to establish authoritarianism.

Attacks on journalists, political opponents, protest participants, by violent groups with a real threat of killing their lives, in front of the police, in addition to intimidation of the public, are exacerbating the civil conflict.

This is entirely the responsibility of the management team and no one can be blamed. Only by force and without compromise, the fight with our own people, especially with a large part of the youth, will not succeed.

Such a scenario is only in Russia's interest and makes our country in complete international isolation. That is why the appointment of new elections is the way to normalize the situation and this is the main demand.

Until then, the release of all protest participants arrested on political grounds and the cessation of repression!

Maka Chikhladze, Giorgi Shesiiruli, Koba Khabazi yesterday and before that Guram Rogava, Zviad Maisashvili, Mariam Gafridashvili, and others, luckily escaped the fatal outcome, but the current environment of aggression and violence poses a great danger to each of our fellow citizens. This is how the country cannot be managed, autocracy in Georgia and the Russian scenario cannot win!" - said Gigi Tsereteli.