"When they announced that learning the Georgian language would be mandatory at the bachelor's level — what a huge lie and hypocrisy this is," — said one of the leaders of the coalition “For the People – Strong Georgia”, Ana Dolidze.

According to her, the number of people in the service sector who do not know any language has significantly increased.

"Announcing Georgian language learning as mandatory at the bachelor's level — what a huge lie and hypocrisy. Of course, nothing is more important than teaching Georgian, it should be mandatory, and everyone should know it well. But just yesterday, I met a taxi driver who didn’t know Georgian — in fact, he didn’t know any language. This is the state of a large part of the service sector in Georgia today. The number of people working in this sector who don’t speak any language — especially not Georgian — is growing rapidly.

Teaching Georgian at the bachelor’s level? That’s nonsense. They're trying to solve problems where none exist, while ignoring the real issues. Just look at Adjara — even the signs violate the law on the Georgian language, some signs are no longer in Georgian, and the service language is often Russian. This is a very serious problem. And it’s a problem created by 'Georgian Dream' itself. This is the exact issue.

They’re fighting the problem in the wrong place because they don’t actually want to solve it. Let’s not forget — 'Georgian Dream' doesn’t want us to live here anymore. The fact that we live here and speak out — that’s the real problem for them. What we must stand for is exactly what I’m talking about — resilience,” — said Ana Dolidze, according to a statement released by her press office.