MP Denies Ruling Party Plans to Rally Supporters

Akaki Minashivli, a senior lawmaker from the ruling party, has strongly denied that the authorities were planning to hold a rally of its supporters.

Two Tbilisi-based television stations, Kavkasia TV and Maestro, reported on April 13 that the rally was planned for Tuesday on Rike in downtown Tbilisi. 

“That’s not true,” MP Minashvili, the chairman of parliamentary committee for foreign affairs, told Tbilisi-based FM radio station, Ucnobi. “The authorities do not plan to gather anyone for the rally; that’s not the method that we want to employ.”

He reiterated that the authorities would continue showing restraint and would not impede ongoing protest rallies in Tbilisi.

“We believe that those people, which are standing in the streets, have problems, including related with social and unemployment issues and they have the right to express their protest,” MP Minashvili said. “We are determined to engage in dialogue with the opposition to jointly tackle these problems… as well as issues related with constitutional reform.”

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