An absolutely comical lawsuit has been filed in the Constitutional Court, which endangers our statehood prospects — these people may be sanctioned or issued a “wolf’s ticket.” Every person who takes part in this total lawlessness will be an accomplice, — Pikria Chikhradze, a member of “Lelo – Strong Georgia,” stated on the PalitraNews program “Day’s Newsroom,” commenting on the fact that the Constitutional Court will begin examining the constitutional lawsuit on the ban of opposition parties from 21 October.

According to Pikria Chikhradze, Georgia has reached the brink where statehood itself is under threat.

“We made our choice in due time, when we destroyed the one-party system and moved to a multi-party, democratic system. One way or another, this system has existed for 30 years, and we have reached a dramatic brink. Bidzina Ivanishvili, even before coming to power, had attempts to clear the political field — ‘let the middle be scraped out’ — that is, his attempt was that everyone should either stand with him or with the ‘National Movement,’ which he designated as the image of the enemy.

[As for the meeting with diplomats], we have nothing particularly special to tell the diplomats. They also see the brink that we see, and we do not know whether there exists any lever that would make Bidzina Ivanishvili change his decision. Neither the judgment of the Constitutional Court nor anything else has any significance. The judges themselves also think that they have to make a heavy decision. A sign of this was also Manana Kobakhidze’s statement. These people may be sanctioned or issued a ‘wolf’s ticket.’ Every person who takes part in this total lawlessness will be an accomplice!

We must warn the judges that Bidzina Ivanishvili cannot be their guarantor. He has shown everyone that when he faces any problem, he throws them onto the scrap heap, but with this decision they will throw themselves onto the scrap heap,” Pikria Chikhradze stated.

According to her, if the Constitutional Court grants “Georgian Dream’s” lawsuit and opposition parties are banned, “Lelo – Strong Georgia” will continue the struggle.

“You are practically canceling elections when you ban parties. The electoral path is being leveled, and what happens next is remembered by history. This country has many wounds in this direction, and there is no need for its state body to be cut further. But, unfortunately, ‘Georgian Dream’ does not have this responsibility, attitude, and caution toward Georgia and its population.

We continue the struggle. ‘Lelo’ does not intend to stop the fight,” Pikria Chikhradze stated.

She also said: “Unfortunately, now we have a reverse process, when we are renouncing statehood and when the state serves one political force and one person.”

“We will be dissidents if they abolish us. We will fight to return this country to normal tracks. We are the state — the people from whom the freedom of choice is practically being taken away, and there are up to a million such voters. We will have confrontation with this handful of people who have seized power and are now trying to seize the state.

What do we have today? Well-being only for one group, the power they have seized, the budget seized thanks to that power, and the rest of the population, which is falling into a difficult situation because everyday life is becoming more and more difficult,” Pikria Chikhradze stated.

As for the 30-day administrative detention of journalist Vakho Sanaia for a post published on social media, the politician considers that specific laws have been created and adopted against people who oppose them.

“You may like or dislike swearing, but restricting freedom of expression by laws is going against freedom of expression. You ban parties and say that ‘the parties have no support’ — then why are you going this way? You ban protest and say that ‘the protest has fizzled out’ — then why do you want to fine and imprison people who are moving on the sidewalk? There is a lot of fear.

I want to warn Papuashvili — he may come to miss Vakho Sanaia’s Facebook posts; such a future awaits him. He is an official who has violated the Constitution; we are practically dealing with a constitutional coup. He awaits the label of a traitor and legal responsibility. If he thinks that the responsibility will pass to Ivanishvili? He himself comes from the civil sector, he received his education in Germany, and he has trampled on the place where he received his education, he has trampled on the civil sector. They are forbidding people political activity if they have shown activity in the civil sphere. They want not only to erase the political class, but also to erase the perspective.

Vakho turned this into a protest. I want to tell Gia Volski: I hear a lot of swearing around him, but I do not remember him or his teammates ever protesting the swearing uttered by Dimitri Samkharadze. We see that Vakho Sanaia may be punished for swearing, while when an entire army of living trolls swears with ugly words, we do not see anyone creating any problem for these people. The law is created for people who oppose them,” Pikria Chikhradze stated.