“Putin failed to eliminate Mikheil Saakashvili from politics so far, and no one will be able to do so as long as he is alive,” Gia Baramidze, one of the leaders of the United National Movement, wrote on Facebook.
“I say to the attention of all partners, friends or enemies, Mikheil Saakashvili and the United National Movement are inseparable. He is the founder and leader of our movement. Putin failed to eliminate him from politics so far, and no one will be able to do so as long as he is alive.
At the same time, the United National Movement is not one person or a group of politicians! The United National Movement is the idea of a united, strong, and prosperous Georgian (hence European) democratic state. It represents more than a million of our compatriots, so it can not be destroyed or set aside.
Together with all patriotic forces, we will continue the peaceful but uncompromising struggle to liberate Georgia from Putin’s traitors. No matter what happens, we and the Georgian patriotic society will emerge a victor,” Gia Baramidze wrote on Facebook.