Tamar Chergoleishvili, leader of the Federalists party, has responded to a statement made today in court by Murtaz Zodelava, a member of the United National Movement.

Specifically, Chergoleishvili takes issue with the part of Murtaz Zodelava’s statement where Zodelava claims that “the October 4 rally was spontaneous, sincere, there were creative messages, and many people came.”

“May Misha Saakashvili choke on the truth of this ‘creativity’!
‘Is it too difficult to deceive Tbilisi?’
– May Saakashvili and all his allies deserve nothing better than the creativity of the FSB informer Valeri Gelbakhiani.
In reality, it wasn’t creative messages that were being circulated:
– Khazaradze and Saakashvili made a deal over ‘inviolability’
– They bought that ‘creative’ agenda with oligarchic television channels and blocked criticism! (Two months of ‘simulated Chronicle [news program on Imedi TV]’ buzzed on opposition channels);
– Through television media, they discredited the democratic process (eight, not nine, what time is suitable for a stroll, anyone who doesn’t believe in the rigging of October 4 is a GD supporter), because neither Khazaradze nor Saakashvili can find their place in a democratic process; they operate on an all-or-nothing principle;
– Through television media and internet trolls, they turned opposition parties into a joke – they silenced even those who considered this adventure madness (exceptions prove the rule);
As a result, nearly 70 people are in prison, and the opposition looks more feeble and pathetic to the West than it did before October 4,” writes Tamar Chergoleishvili.