Giorgi Sioridze: Georgian Dream has unmasked itself once again - they want to crown a constitutional coup with the formalization of a dictatorship
"We have heard a great deal of contradictions, a great deal of absurdity today once again, and 'Georgian Dream' has unmasked itself yet another time," stated Giorgi Sioridze, a representative of "Strong Georgia - Lelo," following the conclusion of the session at the Constitutional Court, where the plenum of judges is reviewing "Georgian Dream's" lawsuit on banning political parties.
According to Sioridze, through the answers given to the judges' questions, "Georgian Dream" once again laid bare the absurdity of its lawsuit and showed the real purpose behind this process.
"The judges had quite interesting questions for the representatives of 'Georgian Dream,' to which 'Georgian Dream' gave astonishing answers—answers that once again luminate [expose] this political force, once again reveal the absurdity of this lawsuit, and bring to light the real goal that this process has.
It is a shameful page in modern history when a single political, authoritarian ruling force tries to eradicate the opposition, trying to commit violence against the will of the vast majority of society—according to their own official data, about 40% of voters, one million citizens—whom they are telling: formally you have the right to participate in elections, but no one you want to vote for will be there.
There are so many contradictions, we have heard so much absurdity today again, and 'Georgian Dream' has unmasked itself once again. The constitutional coup that 'Georgian Dream' has been pursuing for years, which meant the complete subordination of the state apparatus, its subordination to a party vertical, which meant the adoption of regulations that would formally give them the opportunity through legalistic methods to establish a dictatorship—now they want to crown this with the banning of parties, the disappearance of the opposition from the political field, and the formalization of a dictatorship.
At the same time, they have a second goal: turning their anti-Georgian, anti-national, anti-Western, and—most alarmingly—pro-Russian foreign policy into a constitutional obligation and rule.
They also spoke about the 2008 war, as if they were standing guard over the dignity of Georgian servicemen. This is a statement by a political force whose one of the leaders, Ms. Tsulukiani, was telling us recently why Antsukhelidze is not at home and why Antsukhelidze died. In reality, they are trying to shift the responsibility of the occupying country onto the Georgian state, and at the same time they are trying to declare any dissenting opinion that might arise in the public space as sabotage if it criticizes 'Georgian Dream's' foreign policy," Sioridze stated.
