“Society saw well that the rally organizers and participants tried to remove police officers mobilized to ensure public order at the Government Administration and enter into conflict with them,” said Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs, Vakhtang Gomelauri, during an interpellation at the parliament.

Vakhtang Gomelauri recalled a demonstrator, armed with a knife, wounded a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) during detention.

“On the third day of protests, a police cordon was not mobilized around the parliament building because the work process in the parliament was over and nobody was inside the building. We left the adjacent territory, and the police officers were dispatched to Rustaveli Avenue to ensure security. The protest proceeded peacefully, but the main aim was to stir conflict.

I presume that relocation to the Governmental Administration has this in mind. Society witnessed that the rally organizers and participants tried to remove police officers mobilized to ensure public order at the Government Administration and enter into conflict with them. They attempted to intrude into the administrative building, calling to storm the Government Administration.

Participants verbally assaulted police officers, and opposition representatives were especially active, though I would refrain from uttering their names and surnames. Calls for violence were heard in the open air of TV stations. Society witnessed a participant of the rally armed with a knife standing next to them. The individual was detained shortly. During detention, he injured our officer in his hand with a knife,” he said.