Salome Zurabishvili: The regime may try to instill fear, but it will only strengthen our resolve

The regime may try to instill fear, but it will only strengthen our resolve, - the fifth President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, writes on the social platform X.

“This morning’s raids on civil society leaders are yet another authoritarian attempt to stifle dissent and silence democratic voices. The regime may try to instill fear, but it will only strengthen our resolve. The people will not be silenced!”, she wrote.

For information, the Prosecutor's Office employees entered the homes of several foundation founders today to conduct searches. Law enforcement officers searched the home of Nanuka Zhorzholiani, the founder of the Nanuka Foundation. Representatives of the agency also searched the homes of activists Mariam Bajelidze and Mariam Geguchadze, as well as Aleko Tskitishvili, the head of the non-governmental organization Human Rights Center.

The Prosecutor's Office issued a statement regarding the search of the homes of several fund managers later. According to the Prosecutor's Office, the case concerns the investigation ongoing into the facts of sabotage, attempted sabotage under aggravating circumstances, assistance to a foreign organization and an organization under foreign control in hostile activities, and mobilization of funds for activities directed against the constitutional order and foundations of national security of Georgia.