Grigol Gegelia: I read the constitutional lawsuit, and I was simply shocked by how absurdly devoid of substance it is; the section concerning Lelo is so ridiculous that even a Georgian Dream supporter would laugh upon reading it

Today, we are witnessing an attempt by the Georgian Dream regime to overthrow the Georgian constitutional order. I want every Georgian to understand that this ban does not merely concern five political entities or political parties in general; it affects over a million Georgians, because they now seek to label your choice as "unconstitutional." This was stated by Grigol Gegelia, Foreign Secretary of Lelo – Strong Georgia, during a live broadcast from Batumi on the PalitraNews program "Dghis Newsroom" (Day's Newsroom).

According to his assessment, Georgian Dream is a regime that has stepped outside the constitutional framework and usurped the votes of millions of Georgians.

"This is a regime that has altered our constitutionally established foreign policy course. If anything is to be discussed in this building—for the sake of objectivity—it should be how the Georgian Dream regime has usurped the state and its constitutional order, and how it has changed the foreign policy choice that is enshrined in the Constitution of Georgia. This lawsuit is utterly absurd; I read it and was simply shocked by the sheer extent of its nonsensical nature. It is absurd from beginning to end. For instance, the section concerning Lelo would make any rational person laugh—even a die-hard Georgian Dream supporter would find it laughable that a party could be banned simply for its political stance. It is akin to banning a party for remarking that the weather is sunny, while someone else insists that it is actually raining. They want to ban us over things like this—and who is doing the banning? People who were, in fact, representatives of the very regime—a regime they now accuse us of having been part of or affiliated with. The core of their argument is a complete falsehood. How can Vasil Roinishvili talk about anyone else, when he is the one seeking to ban his own former party?! I want every Georgian to understand that this ban does not merely concern five political entities—or political parties in general; it affects over a million Georgians. Because the choice made by more than a million Georgians today is what they seek to label 'unconstitutional.' The regime is declaring half the nation 'unconstitutional,' asserting that the state should not possess the prerogative of constitutional self-defense. They are effectively arguing that a policy of 'not provoking the Russians' should be constitutionally enshrined—meaning the Georgian state must abandon any pursuit of a sovereign national course. This is the sole manifestation of the Georgian Dream style of politics," stated Gegelia.