Bidzina's main card is that the opposition and the protest exist separately, expert Gia Khukhashvili evaluates the ongoing 64-day protest in the country and the role of the opposition in it, stating that the opposition must find ways to be on the frontlines.

Speaking on PalitraNews' program "360 Degrees," he emphasized that the protest needs a leader.

According to his assessment, the opposition must find ways to connect with civil protests and take their place on the frontlines.

"Unity is good, but the protest needs a leader. That leader should be in politics. The protest does not accept these leaders, and they must find a way to reach it. We should see the opposition on the frontlines. When blocking highways is planned, where will the politicians be? They should be at the forefront, because this is an escalation, and if they are arrested, then let them be arrested. They should come forward and show themselves.

They are doing things, but if they fail to convert themselves into the leaders of this protest movement, then that plays into Bidzina’s hands. It's heartbreaking to see young people being beaten while politicians are nowhere to be found, only giving television comments. This must end.

Society needs to see them on the frontlines. They must put on iron shoes, wear armor, carry shields, and stand at the forefront," Khukhashvili stated.

Khukhashvili also discussed the opening of the spring parliamentary session on February 4 and the proposal to create a temporary investigative commission regarding crimes committed under the United National Movement’s (UNM) government.

According to the expert, "All those who should have been arrested for the crimes of the previous government are now embraced by the current one."

"If they arrest their own people, I don’t know. Will they arrest someone like 'Khareba,' who worked on the same cases under Merabishvili, or Murusidze, who played an active role in the Girgvliani case? Who else is left for this commission to investigate? All the key figures have either been sentenced, fled, or already served prison time.

This is simply an attempt to say, ‘Yes, I’m a bad guy, but remember, before me, there was someone even worse.’ As of today, I cannot say that UNM was worse than the Georgian Dream. The vast majority of the population believes that Georgian Dream has exceeded UNM in cruelty in many ways," Khukhashvili stated.

Khukhashvili also recalled a conversation with Bidzina Ivanishvili, where, according to him, he proposed in 2012 that a political verdict should be issued against UNM.

According to him, in 2012, Ivanishvili was not interested in reconciliation.

"When we came to power, one of our last debates was about this issue. I told Bidzina Ivanishvili that since we were talking about cohabitation, cohabitation required a certain political verdict, based on which we could declare an amnesty.

We had to deliver a political verdict—meaning the regime should be prosecuted politically—and based on this verdict, we could declare a general amnesty, except for serious crimes.

I raised this issue in 2012. I was a guest at Bidzina's place, and we debated this over dinner. He told me, ‘What you’re saying now benefits Misha (Saakashvili).’

Looking back today, it is clear that Bidzina Ivanishvili was not interested in real reconciliation. On the contrary, his politics are built on confrontation and demonizing others. He never needed social unity, which is why he refused our proposal back then," Khukhashvili said.