The Ministry of Internal Affairs is clarifying the information spread by one of the leaders of the Opposition Alliance, Nika Gvaramia, regarding the rally planned to be held on May 26.

As InterpressNews was told by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the application with which the initiators applied to the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not comply with the requirements set forth by law, including the lack of indication of the purpose of the gathering/demonstration, the time of its completion, the estimated number of participants, and the form of emergency medical assistance.

"The submitted application did not comply with the requirements set forth by law - including the deadline for submitting the application established by law was not met, and the application did not indicate the purpose of the gathering, the time of its completion, the estimated number of participants, and the form of emergency medical assistance.

Accordingly, the initiators were informed that the Patrol Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia is deprived of the opportunity to carry out the measures specified in the Law of Georgia on Assemblies and Demonstrations", - the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

For information, according to one of the leaders of the Opposition Alliance, Nika Gvaramia, he received a response from the Ministry of Internal Affairs after the Tbilisi City Hall regarding the rally planned for May 26.

“After the City Hall, the Ministry of Internal Affairs also refused. They said a completely surprising thing: why didn’t Gvaramia come himself? And many other stupid things, but the main thing is, we know: protests are prohibited in this country, without exaggeration, they are prohibited.

“Do whatever you want at home” will not work. The rally will take place as the Constitution tells us, and the anti-constitutional responses of the anti-constitutional government will be considered later and by a fair court,” Gvaramia wrote on Facebook.

The Tbilisi City Hall refused to allow the Opposition Alliance to place structures at the protest rally planned for May 26. In particular, as the City Hall notes in its response to the Alliance, due to the fact that official events are planned in Tbilisi for May 26 in connection with Georgia's Independence Day, traffic patterns have been changed, the City Hall "considers it impermissible" to place structures, including a stage, near the Parliament.