“The proposal from the Gakharia for Georgia party to establish an investigative commission concerning the BBC documentary is rather surprising,” stated Guram Macharashvili, leader of the People’s Power.

According to Macharashvili, this initiative appears to be merely an attempt to stay afloat on the political surface.

“They did not participate in a genuinely significant and historic investigative commission, one that had quotas dedicated to examining Georgia’s recent history, both before and after 2012, during a period when Georgian society endured harrowing processes and unprecedented suffering and torture at the hands of the United National Movement. Now, they want to establish a commission that, in their view, should investigate whether the parrot really lost its feathers or whether a dog kissed its owner during the December protests, and even whether some chemical weapon was used. Is this really the seriousness of their approach?

When we can practically state that the primary source, the BBC, has distanced itself from its own material. We must await the investigation, which I am confident will uncover the real reasons. Whether anything was truly used, when, and what was purchased; these are questions that only an investigation can answer.

From preliminary information, we know that the substance named by the BBC was never actually purchased, but the investigation will clarify everything. This initiative, in essence, is just a superficial attempt to stay afloat in the political waters,” Macharashvili concluded.

For the record, the Gakharia for Georgia party is calling for the creation of an investigative commission regarding the BBC film.