Archil Gorduladze on the statements of the European Union delegation and ambassadors: When you slap a police officer, you are slapping the state! They should stop wagging their fingers and kindly explain how they would react to such actions in their own countries

"When you slap a police officer, you are slapping the entire state! They should stop wagging their fingers! - They should come out and say what they would do themselves and how they would react to such, or similar, actions in their own countries," said Archil Gorduladze, Chairman of the Parliamentary Legal Affairs Committee, to journalists, responding to the statements made by the European Union delegation and ambassadors regarding the founder of Batumelebi, Mzia Amaglobeli.

He stated that in foreign countries, legal responsibility for similar actions often leads to more severe consequences, and when "we are admonished, it is a case of double and triple standards."

Gorduladze urged diplomats to "respect our country and their own countries."

"It’s interesting to see what European standards are in EU member countries, for example, if someone dares to strike a law enforcement officer, what reaction would the law enforcement system have? Let’s not forget how events unfolded during the Yellow Vest protests, where thousands of people were arrested. In their own countries, legal responsibility for similar actions often results in more severe consequences, yet they lecture us and admonish us for the steps we’ve taken; this is exactly double and triple standards. When they have even stricter legislation in their own countries, punish people more severely, and hold accountable those who blatantly violate the law, why are there special remarks and finger-wagging towards us?

Once again, we urge them to stop making such statements, as it radically goes beyond their mandate, and simply, in the relationship standard between strategic partner countries, such things just don’t exist," Gorduladze said.

For the record, the European Union has expressed solidarity with Mzia Amaglobeli and is calling for her immediate release. The statement was issued by the European Union Delegation to Georgia.

"The European Union expresses solidarity with Mzia Amaglobeli on the 17th day of her hunger strike and calls for her immediate release. The right to a free media and a fair trial is at the heart of the European Union’s values," the statement reads.