Nika Gvaramia: From what I can see, the only party that will be legitimately banned in this country is Georgian Dream, and this will happen under the next government

"From what I can see, the only party that will be legitimately banned in this country is Georgian Dream, and this will happen under the next government," stated Nika Gvaramia, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, while speaking to journalists.

According to him, the lawsuit seeking to ban political parties serves as a "historical document on how to betray one's homeland."

"In effect, this lawsuit is a verdict that Georgian Dream has written against itself. Generally speaking, I am not in favor of dissolving political parties or employing such forms of control; however, I am convinced that if anything can truly be considered grounds—under the Constitution of Georgia—for dissolving a party and holding specific individuals accountable, it is the potential consequences that would follow the granting of this lawsuit—consequences that would extend even to the judges themselves. Let no one claim they are unaware of what they are doing. In this instance, committing an unlawful act is not merely 'unlawful'—it is something far more grave. This will not merely result in Gvaramia, Melia, Khoshtaria, Saakashvili, Japaridze, or anyone else being sent to prison—we might eventually get out of that prison—but the country may never be able to emerge from the dead end into which the granting of this lawsuit would lead Georgia," stated Gvaramia.