According to the Chairman of Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, as a result of the violent actions of the protesters during the November demonstrations, the parliament suffered damage of approximately half a million lari.

As Papuashvili told journalists, the violence of the protesters was visible even on live television, but despite this, some European diplomats called the protest "peaceful."

"The parliament has suffered damage of up to half a million lari. 130 thousand lari has already been spent to address this damage. There are issues under expert review, and we are waiting for final assessments. Our estimate is that the damage amounts to about 500 thousand lari. The journalist was surprised and asked how the parliament was damaged when the protesters were not inside. Were you looking elsewhere? Could you not see how the rooms of the Georgian Parliament were burning? From the façade, you could see how they set fire to the Parliament of Georgia. Against this backdrop, some diplomats and ambassadors told us that this was a 'peaceful protest.' When you see all of this, how can you believe that any European ambassador or diplomat has any connection to values when they call setting fire to the parliament a 'peaceful protest'?" Papuashvili stated.

According to the Speaker of Parliament, during the protests, the rooms on the first floor of the parliament and various equipment were nearly completely damaged.

"The actual damage is already more than 100 thousand lari, which has been spent on addressing the damage. Additionally, various equipment and inventory that were damaged are being assessed. We estimate that the damage amounts to approximately half a million lari," Papuashvili said.

He addressed European diplomats, suggesting that funds allocated for NGOs be used to compensate for the damage done to the parliament.

"In recent days, we heard that funds should be allocated for those NGOs that were organizers of radicalism. Wouldn't they consider taking a portion of that money to cover the damage caused to the Georgian Parliament by the NGOs they funded?" Papuashvili said. According to him, "It was visible on live television how the police were attacked, and European diplomats remained silent about it."

"Everyone clearly saw the violent actions organized by foreign-funded NGOs—attacks on police officers, throwing 'Molotov cocktails,' attempts to burn the parliament, and setting it on fire. It was clear that diplomats from Brussels or other capitals were silent about it. Not only were they silent, but what was most shameful was that they called all of this a 'peaceful protest,'" Papuashvili said.

As he pointed out, when diplomats call a violent protest "peaceful," it is "a disgrace."

"When a European diplomat calls a 'Molotov cocktail' a 'peaceful event' and says that instead of fire, they probably see flowers, that is a disgrace and shows that they are beyond any values," Papuashvili concluded.