UNM Chair: Mzia Amaglobeli defeated regime; today, we witnessed one-woman revolution in courtroom

“Mzia Amaglobeli defeated Ivanishvili today through her silence alone; she is a proud, strong, patriotic woman. The whole country saw that Dgebuadze is not a man,” declared Tina Bokuchava, Chairman of the United National Movement.

According to her, society witnessed one woman’s revolution today.

“In the courtroom today, we witnessed one woman’s revolution against the regime. Mzia Amaglobeli defeated Ivanishvili today through her silence alone. What we saw in the courtroom was Ivanishvili’s defeat. Through firmness, inflexibility, fearlessness, and struggle, this person, one woman, exposed and defeated the regime before our eyes. Yes, this truly was one woman’s revolution against Ivanishvili’s regime,” Tina Bokuchava stated.

Regarding the verdict in Mzia Amaglobeli’s case, the United National Movement chairperson declared that it had no substantive significance whether “the political slave posing as a judge would have announced two years, three, or seven years.”

“I don’t think they backed down. Perhaps they tactically decided to cool public sentiment and somehow retreat, but I don’t consider this a backdown. This is an attempt to deceive the public, undermine our solidarity, and suppress the one-woman revolution demonstrated by Mzia Amaglobeli. This must not happen. On the contrary, this energy must be consolidated to expose this regime that commits such injustice against this one woman.

The regime constantly reminds us and hypocritically asserts that a woman is a woman and a man is a man. Yes, today we truly saw that a woman is a woman; that Mzia Amaglobeli is a proud, strong, patriotic Georgian woman. But the whole country clearly saw that Dgebuadze is not a man,” Tina Bokuchava declared.

Batumi City Court sentenced Mzia Amaglobeli, founder of Batumelebi and Netgazeti media outlets, to two years in prison. The judge reclassified the charge that had been presented to Amaghlobeli under Article 353 prima, which implied assault on a police officer, and found her guilty under Article 353, Part 1. This article covers resistance, threats, or violence against public order defenders or other government representatives.