“It was determined from the BBC investigation film that the United National Movement purchased Camite, and the Georgian Dream used it in 2024 or 2025. I want to ask UNM members if they bought it, why did they need it, or if they used it,” said Iago Khvichia, Chair of the Girchi party.

According to Khvichia, the UNM has to admit its purchase in 2009 to confirm that GD used it.

“I would like to echo the story of Camite. It was determined from the BBC investigation film that the United National Movement purchased Camite in 2009, and the Georgian Dream used it in 2024 or 2025, or maybe both in 2024 and 2025. The GD, although former Interior Minister Gomelauri said that they had purchased this riot-control agent during the UNM in power, but the GD never used it, changed their position and declared that this agent was never used on the territory of Georgia, either during the GD or UNM era.

It turns out that the BBC says it was purchased during the UNM period. The GD says it was never purchased while in power. The UNM says it trusts the BBC investigation; at least they did not say they do not trust it. However, they say nothing about whether they purchased this agent or not. The situation is as follows: Simply, the UNM has to admit the purchase of Camite in 2009 to confirm that GD used it.

I want to know from the UNM if they purchased Camite, why they needed it, or if they ever used it. The GD had one answer, then another, and it does not matter what they say in the future; I don’t trust them. Now the word goes to the UNM. Their answer is more interesting at this moment, given the situation that if they want to blame the GD for having used this agent, they have to admit they had purchased it,” he said.