Salome Zourabichvili: Events near presidential palace are provocation against peaceful protest

Former Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has called the events near the presidential palace a provocation, describing them as “an attempt to break up a peaceful protest.”

According to Zourabichvili, demonstrators are continuing a protest that has lasted for 310 days, opposing the regime peacefully.

“Those who are gathered here are protesting today’s elections and continuing a peaceful demonstration. What is happening now is pure provocation, though I don’t know whose scenario it serves. This is an attempt to break up the peaceful protest. The important thing is to maintain a peaceful stance. I will be here tomorrow as well, and many of us should gather so that this provocation ends with the victory of the peaceful protest,” Zourabichvili stated.