Speaker: Viewpoints expressed by UNM leaders during today’s hearing sufficient to declare party unconstitutional

“The viewpoints expressed by the leaders of the National Movement during today’s hearing alone are sufficient to declare the party unconstitutional,” wrote Shalva Papuashvili, Georgian Parliament Speaker, in his Facebook post.

Papuashvili echoed the dialogue between Constitutional Court Judge Eva Gotsiridze and UNM member Ana Tsitlidze, namely, Eva Gotsiridze asked Ana Tsitlidze: “Do throwing stones and ‘Molotov cocktails’ represent acts of violence?” to which Tsitlidze replied: “Citizens of Georgia have the right to self-defence when special task forces attack them.”

“The UNM leaders confirmed before the Constitutional Court that they accept violence as a legitimate tool of political fight,” Papuashvili wrote.