“It is a slave mentality to think that outside our country there are some supernatural superiors who cannot even be asked questions. The Prime Minister of Georgia has a specific question addressed to Eurobureaucrats. What is surprising about that?” said Georgian Dream MP Tengiz Sharmanashvili, responding to opposition criticism regarding Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s open letter to the heads of European institutions.

According to him, Georgia’s Constitution clearly states that the source of power in the country is not Eurobureaucracy, but the Georgian people.

“This is some kind of slave philosophy — believing that outside our country there are supernatural bosses who cannot even be questioned. The Prime Minister of Georgia has a specific question directed at Eurobureaucrats. What is surprising about that? Are we only supposed to obey directives and, if questions arise, not ask them?

The fact that they have such an attitude and look at our state and nation in such a humiliating way leads to what is happening in Georgia today. When they listed why protests are being held on May 26, one of the first things they highlighted was that ‘we must show foreigners that we still have some strength.’ You should not be trying to prove something to foreigners — you should prove your truth to the Georgian people so they support you. That is the difference between us and them.

The Constitution of Georgia clearly states that the source of power in this country is the Georgian people — not Eurobureaucracy, not external factors, not someone’s ratings, but the Georgian people,” Sharmanashvili said.

For reference, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze addressed an open letter to the heads of European institutions: President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Council António Costa, and President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola.

In the letter, Irakli Kobakhidze asks the European leaders how they assess the violence that took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, “when participants of a peaceful demonstration were first beaten with batons and then dogs were used against them.”