“We have no special expectations. The same line, which we have been hearing for the last month will be upheld, the campaign of falsehood that transparency is bad,” said Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze remarking on the Georgian visit of US Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Congressman Mike Turner.

According to Kaladze, the fuss over the transparency law serves one purpose, financing specific revolutionary groups.

“When a question arises why transparency is bad and how the law can hamper democratic processes, the answer is that is why! There is no argument-based answer. The fuss around the law is obvious. We remember many fats that concrete revolutionary groups are financed and all this comes from the West. We have repeatedly stated that we are ready for friendship, cooperation and partnership. We have reconfirmed that Georgia is a partner, a friend country. However, friendship cannot be one-sided,” he said.

Kakha Kaladze stated that the boundary between opposition parties and non-government organizations is erased and the opposition parties are openly financed from abroad.

“How can we speak about democracy? Intervention into domestic affairs and election campaigns is going on openly,” Kaladze stated.