“Georgia certainly has a European future, of course, but I could not be so optimistic under the rule of ‘Georgian Dream.’ I do not see this European future. Not only a European one - I do not see that we have a future as a state,” analyst Lela Jejelava said on Palitranews’ program “Resume,” commenting on a statement by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys, who expressed hope that Georgia would return to the European path.

According to Jejelava, the problem within society is much deeper than the rule of “Georgian Dream,” and Bidzina Ivanishvili is not the cause of the current situation. She said Ivanishvili is a result of this societal condition.

“We need a European future in order to have a future as a state, not simply because we like European prosperity. For us, a European future meant the future of our state.

As I see it, our problem is much deeper than the rule of ‘Georgian Dream,’ because Bidzina Ivanishvili is not the cause of the condition we are in today. He is the result. And it seems we need to very seriously reflect on what led us here and what the real reasons are that, after such aspiration toward Europe and such a purposeful path, we have ended up in this situation.

I would never have thought that in Georgia’s legislative body I would hear the kind of discourse on international politics that I am hearing now - about Freemasons, the ‘deep state,’ some ‘BlackRock,’ corporate governance, and so on. This is not unfamiliar to me; I have read this literature and know what it talks about. What concerns me is that people have ended up in Georgia’s government who are unable to filter this type of information and draw correct conclusions from it. Or perhaps the selection was made precisely on this basis, so that people of this type would end up there - people who could speak with complete seriousness about what I am hearing today.

Therefore, I believe that today we are facing a much more serious issue. Would even a change of Bidzina Ivanishvili’s government solve our problem? What should we do with a society that has a demand for this kind of rhetoric?” Jejelava said.