When it was confirmed by facts that hostilities were already underway on 7 August and presenting 8 August as the date of the start of the war was equivalent to political hara-kiri for the agency, in accordance with the external assignment they instantly changed the narrative and named 7 August as the day the war started, - writes the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Nino Tsilosani, on social media.

According to her, it is necessary that the assessment of historical events be based on facts and not on party interests.

“I think it is necessary to return again to the topic of the August war and the speculations related to the date of the start of the war, because, as we have become convinced more than once, the radical agency actively uses this issue for political speculation.

Let no one think that Saakashvili and the ‘National Movement’ regime changed their approach. In reality, when it was confirmed by facts that hostilities were already underway on 7 August and presenting 8 August as the date of the start of the war was equivalent to political hara-kiri for the agency, in accordance with the external assignment they instantly changed the narrative and named 7 August as the day the war started.

Regarding this topic, society well remembers that shameful campaign of the agency which went on for years and in which those so-called NGOs were actively involved that, in reality, represent the main source of destabilisation in the country and are the agency of the same external patrons. Until they received an external instruction regarding the change of the date of the start of the war, they too had been claiming for years that the war started on 8 August. I remind you that around this topic the Soros Foundation had even created a special website, which ardent ‘NGOshniks,’ for example Giorgi Burjanadze and Saba Brachveli, were promoting.

Taking all of this into account, especially now, when an open and public discussion is underway about our country’s recent past, when the interest of external forces with regard to Georgia is clearly emerging and their agency has been decoded, today, more than ever, it is important that the assessment of historical events be based on facts and not on political interests. The August war is one of the heaviest tragedies of Georgia’s recent history and its use for narrow party purposes is unacceptable,” - writes Nino Tsilosani.