UNM’s Ana Tsitlidze says party honoured to be banned by regime

“The abolition of any political party is no bigger problem than the abolition of freedom and independence of this country,” said Ana Tsitlidze, a member of the United National Movement (UNM) party.

According to Tsitlidze, whatever the decision of the Constitutional Court, the fight against the “Russian occupation regime” will continue to the end.

“I said yesterday and will repeat that Shalva Papuashvili can roll this constitutional complaint and he knows where he will direct it. We do not worry about a constitutional lawsuit written by the Russian occupation regime. On the contrary, it is an honour for us to be banned by the Russian occupation regime. The abolition of any political party is no bigger problem than the abolition of the freedom and independence of this country. We are deprived of the country’s European future, which is directly linked to Georgia’s national security and the freedom of each citizen. Whatever the decision of the Constitutional Court, which is the supplement of the Georgian Dream, we will continue to fight against the Russian occupation regime until its end,” she said.

Responding to the question of whether the UNM intends to file a counter-complaint, Tsitlidze said that they will “decide when they see the lawsuit.”

“We considered this option, and we have the same viewpoint. We will first see what is the so-called lawsuit is about and then we will decide on how we will be represented in the Constitutional Court,” she said.

The joint constitutional lawsuit of Georgian Dream faction and People’s Power and European Socialists political groups urges for declaring as unconstitutional and their ban of three parties: United National Movement (UNM); Coalition for Change – Gvaramia, Melia, Girchi, Droa; Strong Georgia – Lelo, For People, For Freedom.”