"We demand the activation of an international investigative mechanism and the attention of international institutions, because there is no trust in the law enforcement system in this country. Society must clearly know that this government is a territorial regime that will do anything to maintain power," said Levan Bezhashvili, one of the leaders of the United National Movement, regarding BBC’s investigative material.

He added that this is a government that fights against its own people and uses chemical weapons against them.

"We all remember that hundreds of thousands of people participated in protests just a year ago, which were brutally and violently suppressed by ‘Georgian Dream.’ Technical and chemical means were used against people through violent methods. Naturally, there were suspicions even then that chemical substances were used which cause long-term health damage to citizens. Even a year later, many citizens report symptoms resulting from that poisoning. This is a government that fights against its own people. This is a government that uses chemical weapons against its citizens.

Let us recall dictatorial regimes that use chemical weapons against their populations – even Syria is an example. Today we have a government that tries to maintain its seat using such terrorist methods. Our demand must be the activation of an independent international investigative mechanism, which will investigate how these chemical poisonous substances were acquired. All law enforcement agencies involved in the use of this weapon will be questioned," Bezhashvili stated.

For reference, BBC reported that evidence they collected indicates that the Georgian authorities last year used chemical weapons from the First World War to suppress anti-government protests.

According to BBC, “protesters opposing the Georgian government’s delay in EU accession complained of various symptoms, including eye burning, sneezing, coughing, and vomiting, which persisted for weeks.”

BBC also spoke with chemical weapons experts, Georgian special forces representatives, and doctors, and discovered that the evidence points to the use of an agent that the French military called ‘Camite.’