Ana Tsitlidze: The statement of the Georgian Dream political council is incredibly horrifying - if there is a “Deep State” in the country, it is Bidzina Ivanishvili

If there is a “Deep State” in the country, it is Bidzina Ivanishvili, - this is how one of the leaders of the National Movement, Ana Tsitlidze, assessed the statement of the Georgian Dream political council, with which they responded to the statement of 17 European countries and the high representative of the European Union.

According to Tsitlidze, the statement of the Georgian Dream political council is incredibly horrifying.

As she noted, “the country is being run by a gang of criminals led by Bidzina Ivanishvili, which poses a threat.”

“The statement of the Georgian Dream political council is incredibly horrifying, which once again shows what kind of sick people and criminals are ruling the country, who are playing with Georgia’s national security issues in accordance with their own personal interests. What a danger it is for the country that a gang of criminals, led by Bidzina Ivanishvili, is ruling the country. These people know exactly what it means when 17 European countries make such a statement and call on the government to return to the path of European integration,” said Tsitlidze.

In her assessment, the statement released by the 17 countries is a very harsh message to the so-called Georgian government.

“The statement directly states that our international partners will not accept what is happening in Georgia now. They will not accept the loss of Georgia’s European perspective, the political persecution of political parties, the mutilation of citizens, which the Georgian Dream is doing. All the repression that is currently being carried out in the country. As a rule, the statement would have been a signal to the so-called authorities if they had been adequate. After this statement, sanctions will be directed at each leader of the Georgian Dream, and not only at all those people who now give this regime the opportunity to stand in some way. On the other hand, it is noteworthy that this is the first time in the history of Georgia when our international partners, 17 countries, which are responsible, including for European policy, directly say that Georgia's course has changed. They directly say that Georgia is not a democratic country. They talk about Russian influences in this country and talk about the fact that Georgia has changed its course from Europe to Russia after 20212," Tsitlidze said.

For information, the Georgian Dream released a statement regarding the statement of the 17 European countries and the High Representative of the European Union. According to their assessment, the letter from 18 European officials once again reminds us of how deeply rooted the informal governance of the “Deep State” is in the vast majority of EU countries and the UK, under which there is no longer any moral boundary in the European bureaucracy. In addition, the statement notes that today Europe is experiencing a democratic backsliding and a crisis of the most serious value.