Jailed ex-president deems developments in Georgia as public revolution
“What is happening in Georgia is a truly public revolution,” said jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili via video link from the Vivamedi Clinic at today’s court trial.
According to Saakashvili, the European Council’s decision is significant.
“For the first time, the EU imposed sanctions and decided to suspend visa-free travel for holders of Georgian diplomatic passports. This is a step forward, though it is not what we want,” he said.
Mikheil Saakashvili went on to say that the United National Movement launched a public revolution and echoed the national movement, however, current development is of a larger scale than that of the UNM.
“My concept is a free individual. Freedom, as the supreme value, serves as an impetus for the country’s and individual development. Nothing is more valuable than an individual fighting for freedom. Our goal today is to be vigilant. Before January 20, they will attempt to settle everything as they want. We are without a patron in a big danger and vulnerable. If you want to make a comparison, don’t compare anything with November 7 but with the Rose Revolution. We should completely be oriented on the future.
Saakashvili believes that Georgian society should hurry and acknowledge the challenge. He said he saw Georgia as being in “good shape” and “the free part of Georgian society as the leader.”
“I am glad that I have made a little contribution to the liberation of Georgian society,” he concluded.
The European Council decided to suspend visa-free travel for holders of Georgian diplomatic passports, following discussions at a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Brussels on Monday, Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said.