Yesterday, during his speech at Freedom Square, young people who had attacked members of the Gakharia - for Georgia party a few days earlier aimed a laser at the President's face. Natia Mezvrishvili, a leader of the opposition party, confirmed this.
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"Yesterday, a completely unacceptable action against the President was carried out under the orders of Georgian Dream by the same group that attacked our team members on October 9 on Amaghleba Street.
Unfortunately, Dream has reached a point where it is using young people against its opponents, both yesterday and on Amaghleba Street. Among them are Davit Dvali, the son of Kaladze's driver, and Davit Archvadze, the youth leader. This is the result of impunity," Mezvrishvili stated at the briefing.
She also noted that more than ten days have passed since the Special Investigation Service was contacted regarding the crime on Amaghleba Street, yet the agency has not responded.
On October 20, President Salome Zourabichvili addressed the participants of the Georgia Votes for European Union march held in Tbilisi. During her speech at Freedom Square, lasers were aimed at her face from the veranda of the Monograph Hotel. A video taken by an activist revealed that members of the youth wing of Georgian Dream attempted to disrupt the President's speech. Among those identified were Davit Archvadze, Davit Mirianashvili, Saba Gorgadze, and Saba Julakidze.
On October 9, the party of former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia announced that their representatives were attacked while distributing campaign materials on Amaghleba Street. The following day, the executive secretary of Georgian Dream, Mamuka Mdinaradze, confirmed that a member of the ruling party's youth organization was involved in the incident, describing him as 'a very good, educated, and patriotic man.'
"Unfortunately, I don’t know the rest. But we confirm to you that since one of our representatives was involved, it is likely that the others were as well," Mdinaradze said, while accusing representatives of the Gakharia party of being involved in the physical confrontation."
