“If we confront the West, we will be left without friends and end up being sanctioned,” said Irakli Pavlenishvili, a member of the United National Movement (UNM) party.

He remarked on the letter sent by the opposition to the EC President.

According to Pavlenishvili, for years, the UNM has been saying that visa-free travel should not be suspended for Georgian citizens, but explained that the GD’s moves in the last 2 years and its “irrational and anti-national policy” could lead to consequences.

“If we confront the West, we will be left without friends and will end up being sanctioned, the banking sector will face problems, and the entire economic system will collapse. How can we desire that? We are citizens of this country.

We have been warning Georgian society, but they disregarded it. They thought they could establish a dictatorship in this country, arrest people with different opinions for standing on the sidewalk, and nothing would happen. The only country that wants a dictatorship in Georgia is Russia. Our Western friends are the only ones who do not want this to happen and were doing their best to prevent it from happening,” he said.

Georgian opposition representatives sent a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President. The signatories are Zurab Girchi Japaridze, Nika Gvaramia, Nika Melia, Levan Khabeishvili, Elene Khoshtaria, Irakli Okruashvili and Givi Targamadze.