“In 21st-century Georgia, 35 years after the restoration of independence, we have ordinary puppets with Georgian surnames and passports who are controlled from abroad to damage their own country,” Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili told journalists at a briefing.

According to Papuashvili, the sole objective of this group of puppets is to hand our country over directly to others to govern.

“First and foremost, it has once again been confirmed to what extent radicalism in Georgia is under control; the direct, daily management of processes from abroad, where every word is pre-scripted and every step carefully calculated, exemplifies how the radical opposition and foreign-funded NGOs operate today.

So this is a disgraceful fact. In 21st-century Georgia, 35 years after the restoration of independence, we have ordinary puppets with Georgian surnames and passports who are controlled from abroad to damage their own country. It is how Georgian society should view this group of puppets, that their sole objective is to hand our country over directly to others to govern,” Shalva Papuashvili declared.

According to information from the media outlet Prime Time, it has obtained a document from Brussels, which was sent to the local opposition by certain senior EU officials. The outlet also reported that opposition representatives would read this text in its unaltered form within just a few minutes.

A few minutes later, a briefing was held near Parliament, during which one of the protest organisers, Levan Jobava, read out a statement. He noted that he was speaking on behalf of representatives from civil organisations, protest groups, political parties, and political prisoners.