The opposition’s constant mistake is that they react to processes, instead of being the creators of processes and Ivanishvili responding to them, - the third president of Georgia stated at the trial.

According to him, “the opposition should build a bridge with the Georgian people.”

“Friends, the constant mistake of our opposition is that they react to processes, instead of being the creators of processes and Ivanishvili responding to them. They should see and build a bridge with people.

I would be happy if the opposition were active, but establishing itself at the expense of my downfall will not bring anyone success, no matter how much they say that Saakashvili is a politician of the past. You are politicians of the future, and why do you need to call someone a politician of the past? Those who criticize me were in politics during my time, and those who were not are the children of those who were in politics. There are those whom I put on their feet and now they are stepping on their feet.

We may have one ambition: how to help our country, so we should be careful when someone sees any benefit from Ivanishvili. Too many have given up and ended up in prison or are facing prison, and I have great respect for these people.

I want to extend a hand to everyone and stand by them, but at the same time, let's be focused on people. In 2018 and 2021, we won the votes of the Dream, and not only our supporters. I have the most voters and I also want elections.

I would like to say to Salome Zurabishvili: maybe she should have said in a word that her past positions were deeply mistaken, that in 2007 Russia bombed our air system. Zurabishvili repeated what Grachev said, that Georgian bombers bombed one of the villages in Kartli. You cannot blame your own country for bombing itself. When children lost their eyes on June 20, Ms. Salome was next to you, eating beans. I am not ill-disposed towards you, but it would be good if you said one word that your past positions were mistaken. I am not asking for an apology, this is a matter of conscience.

Vakho Sanaia described my fall in Gori and Trump's fall quite well. They say that Saakashvili was crawling on the ground in Gori, yet when Trump was crawling, it was considered nothing.

We must overcome all this and move forward in an organized manner. Those who continue to score points at my expense have no future," Mikheil Saakashvili said.