The Mayor of the capital, Kakha Kaladze, believes that the attempts by the participants of the protest on Rustaveli Avenue to block the road are financed and encouraged from outside the country.

As he noted today in response to journalists' questions, the main thing is that anyone who goes against the law will receive an appropriate response.

"This is not the first time, is it? They usually carry out their tasks, they receive money for it. You know that all this is financed from outside, they are given instructions on how to act, but the most important thing is that anyone who goes against the law will be subject to an appropriate response. You know that the law has been tightened - the violator pays a fine for the first time and is sentenced to several days in prison, and in case of repeated commission of the same illegal act, for example, if they block the road, this is a criminal offense defined by law and will be subject to an appropriate response," the mayor of Tbilisi said.

Regarding the journalist’s question about the opposition possibly directing new financial and political resources towards stopping visa liberalization for Georgia, Kakha Kaladze noted that “stateless people are always doing anti-Georgian things and trying to harm the Georgian state and the Georgian people.”

"The opposition's goal is to fulfill the tasks that come from outside. Everyone has already understood who they are and what they represent. Their main goal is to do everything they can to harm the Georgian people, the Georgian state, and the future of this country. What they did before the signing of the Association Agreement was to run directly to the offices and try to prevent the signing of the agreement. The same thing happened with the visa liberalization process and the candidate status. Every time they do anti-Georgian things, they try to somehow harm the Georgian state and the Georgian people. The Georgian people have given these people a proper place. Everyone knows very well that there is no place for agents in Georgian politics. Every agent will be given an appropriate answer," said Kakha Kaladze.