In Sagarejo, members of the United National Movement party, who were holding a meeting with pensioners, were attacked and stoned. Members of the Sagarejo municipality council, activists of the ruling party, employees of the city hall, and various budgetary organizations from the Georgian Dream participated in the attack. The attack was organized. The attackers were mobilized in advance. During the raid, stones were also thrown at the journalists who were working on site. Police arrived at the scene of the incident only after the confrontation was mostly over.
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Giorgi Kurdovanidze, head of Sagarejo City Hall's economic development and property management service, Ivane Bezhiashvili, chairman of the Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia faction of the city council, and Giorgi Mamisashvili and Vepkhia Ustiashvili, members of the city council from the ruling party, have been identified among the attackers.
“Employees and civil servants from the Sagarejo City Council and all Kakheti City Councils were mobilized and attacked us straight away. There were stone-throwing, insults, and physical clashes. They got the retaliation, but this is not a solution, this is not normal, and the government is responsible for this,” said Levan Bezhashvili, MP from the United National Movement.
The director of the Kakheti Police Department, Teimuraz Kalandadze, arrived at the scene of the incident. He was accompanied by the chiefs of other regional divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which indicates that the police had advanced information about the expected violence, although they took no measures to prevent it. According to Kalandadze, “the investigation will do everything” to punish the perpetrators.
A few days ago, the representatives of the National Movement were attacked in Kaspi in an attempt to disrupt their meeting with their supporters. Chairman of Georgian Dream Irakli Kobakhidze called the incident ‘’civil activism’’ and said that the ruling party had nothing to do with it. No one has been arrested in connection with the incident in Kaspi.
