The leader of "Girchi - More Freedom," Zurab Japaridze, responds to "Georgian Dream's" constitutional lawsuit regarding the banning of parties.

In a letter disseminated from prison, Japaridze writes that by directly banning the "Coalition for Change," they have banned unity itself, thereby showing, in his words, what the government fears most - the consolidation of forces.

According to Japaridze, no matter under which party's umbrella the coalition members unite, that party will also be banned.

Japaridze sees the way out of the current situation in protests - the street, consolidation of forces, and agreement on a unified strategy. "On Rustaveli every day when you can!"

"Let's see what happens in the Constitutional Court" is nonsense. Anyone who says this is admitting the possibility that the Constitutional Court might make a decision against the Russians. That means you still don't realize where we live, what reality we're in.

By the way, since we're talking about the Constitutional Court, "Lelo's" lawsuit and trying legal paths and exhausting all resources in that direction - that's correct, but it's a technical matter, and presenting it as if the main front line of the struggle is there now is a lie. The time for such things is over.

"They didn't dare to individually ban political activity because the Constitution doesn't allow it" - that's also nonsense.

If you still believe that these people care about what's written in the Constitution, or what the Venice Commission or Strasbourg will say, that means you don't understand where you are already. They didn't go that route because it leaves more discretion, and the zebra has already decided to button up its shirt, as it was explained.

Regarding the banning of our coalition - in reality, they banned our unity. Understanding this is important because it shows exactly what the Russians fear - consolidation of forces.

In 2024, if "Droa" had number 1, our coalition would most likely have been built on "Droa's" base.

Therefore, the name of the banned coalition is not important; what's important is that they banned our unity. Whichever party's umbrella we unite under, that party will also be banned.

We are the only pre-election coalition that has not dissolved.

The Russians told us two things: a. If you try to create a force that threatens our stay in power - we will ban it; b. If you try to create a force that cannot threaten our stay in power but does not recognize the results of our falsified elections - we will ban it.

In short, these were the two main messages. That is, they fear consolidation of forces and failing to gain internal legitimacy when consolidated. Roughly what they're dealing with now. Understanding this is also important so that we know what needs to be done.

With the above two messages, the Kremlin also defined in which cases it will leave a political force in the legal game:

a. You must participate in the circus in a way that does not threaten the Russian government; b. You must not say that it is a circus.

If you meet these two criteria, you will have a 10,000 lari salary, an office, business trips, a car, party funding, and they will throw a few tenders to your family member.

In other words, you must be the Russians' "chmor" ... All such people will be revealed. Nothing will be hidden.

Mentioning "related persons" means that even if people who have never been involved in politics create a new party, if they find even 1 person in that party's list who participated in any anti-government protest, they will ban that party too (if they see a threat). Understanding this is very important because for quite some time now, in my opinion, there have been ridiculous talks about the need for a new party. The Kremlin's calculation is also on this - that now some people will start creating new parties in the hope that the strong players have been banned, then gain legitimacy at their expense, and then, if someone really gets stronger (the chance of which is minuscule), ban them too. This way they gain time. We lose time.

And finally - nothing unexpected or extraordinary is happening. It has long been clear which path they were taking.

The street is the only front line of struggle, which, together with external pressure, will collapse this regime.

The street, consolidation of forces, and agreement on a unified strategy.

On Rustaveli every day when you can!", Japaridze writes in the letter.