“In well-functioning systems, there is logic and established rules. Right now, we are inside someone’s nightmare and cannot understand what is happening,” said the head of the Liberal Academy, Lasha Tugushi, commenting on government structural changes in an interview on “PalitraNews” program “Resume”.

According to Tugushi, the country does not have a stable, predictable, rule-based system in place, and he describes the situation as chaotic and unclear.

He says that it is typical practice in authoritarian governance for a leader to deliberately prevent subordinates from remaining in power for long periods, so that they do not become too strong or pose a threat.

“In the State Security Service, three heads have changed in the last five months. In authoritarian systems, this happens so that no one becomes entrenched in power—because they gain influence, receive a lot of information, and become dangerous, so they are frequently replaced. Ministers are changed in a rushed manner so that no one becomes too strong or develops ambitions. This is a systemic approach in authoritarian regimes. The logic sometimes needs to be interpreted through other fields—sometimes medicine, sometimes political science, etc. It is often difficult to understand.

The position of a state minister coordinating the security system… If the explanation is that there are certain threats in the country, then what is the purpose of the Security Council? The law already says that the Security Council is responsible for coordinating security structures. Now there will be a state minister position similar to a second Security Council—one person will effectively be the entire Security Council. It’s a mess.

The entire system is overloaded. Any self-respecting person working in this system, under such an authoritarian ruler, is humiliated and frustrated. One part is in prison, the other part is in a carousel,” Tugushi said.