You cannot please Bidzina Ivanishvili more than by telling people that on the 4th, I will gather the people and overthrow the government through revolution – this country’s revolutions killed Sandro Girgvliani, sacrificed Bute Robakidze, turned prisons into torture chambers, and resulted in people being killed in the streets. This country doesn’t need a revolution;
it needs evolution! This country needs participation in elections! This is the right process, and everything else is, in the direct sense, “Gaponeism.” If the “National Movement” intends to play the role of Gapon, leading the people and plunging them into some kind of misfortune… How do you imagine that all this suddenly ends on the 4th? Why are they lying to these people or leading them into such a delusion? Why do they tell them that Bidzina Ivanishvili will flee on the 5th? They don’t even believe it themselves. Even some of their own party members shout that we’ll end it on the 4th. Today, the second-generation “Nats” [Levan Sanikidze] was saying that the 4th is the beginning. Weren’t you saying we’ll end the government on the 4th? What needs to happen? A conflict with the police? A tragedy? I don’t understand where this is going. Who bears the responsibility for all this? said Levan Gogichaishvili, one of the leaders of the “Gakharia for Georgia” party, during an appearance on PalitraNews’ program “Day’s Newsroom”.
According to him, talk of “revolutions” and “overthrows” is part of “Georgian Dream’s” agenda.
“You cannot please Bidzina Ivanishvili more than by telling people that on the 4th, I will gather the people and overthrow the government through revolution. This country’s revolutions killed Sandro Girgvliani; this country’s revolutions sacrificed Bute Robakidze; this country’s revolutions turned prisons into torture chambers; this country’s revolutions resulted in people being killed in the streets. This country doesn’t need a revolution; this country needs evolution; this country needs participation in elections. This is the right process, and everything else is, in the direct sense, ‘Gaponeism.’ If the ‘National Movement’ intends to play the role of Gapon, leading the people and plunging them into some kind of misfortune… How do you imagine that all this suddenly ends on the 4th? Why are they lying to these people or leading them into such a delusion? Why do they tell them that Bidzina Ivanishvili will flee on the 5th? They don’t even believe it themselves. Even some of their own party members shout that we’ll end it on the 4th. Today, the second-generation ‘Nats’ [Levan Sanikidze] was saying that the 4th is the beginning. Weren’t you saying we’ll end the government on the 4th? What needs to happen? A conflict with the police? A tragedy? I don’t understand where this is going. Who bears the responsibility for all this?” Gogichaishvili stated.
Gogichaishvili also responded to analyst Lela Jojelava’s statement, where, while criticizing Gakharia’s position on the October 4 “peaceful revolution,” she said: “I understand ‘Dream’s’ sarcasm on October 4, but what does Gakharia have to say? On what basis does he presume to teach others? He hasn’t fought more than anyone else—he thinks he’s still prime minister; he can’t get out of that role.” According to Gogichaishvili, “Gakharia is smarter than them.”
“Because he is smarter than them, because they are cowards. We are thinning out ‘Georgian Dream’ electorally. We are convincing ‘Georgian Dream’s’ electorate not to vote for them. Ms. Jojelava and her party are doing everything to ensure Ivanishvili retains power. Jojelava’s and the ‘National Movement’s’ electorate, which shrank in the previous elections, went and, by our account, supported ‘Georgian Dream’ in Samegrelo and Tbilisi. I’ll even give names. There is such a person – David Japaridze, who was a ‘Nat’ zonder his whole life. In 2016, he was with them too. In the 2024 elections, this former ‘Nat’ sat in ‘Georgian Dream’s’ Veris headquarters and mobilized ‘National Movement’ voters in favor of ‘Georgian Dream.’ This is the ‘National Movement.’ This is what they’ve done to us – we thin out ‘Georgian Dream’ electorally, while you bolster them.
In 2021, when Saakashvili got into that sour cream container, came down, and showed his face to Georgian society, ‘Georgian Dream’ overturned the lost elections. Now, the ‘National Movement’ and its splinter groups have once again overturned lost Tbilisi when they decided not to participate in the elections with an absurd argument. Yes, the ‘National Movement’ is indirectly helping to elect the corrupt Kaha Kaladze as Tbilisi mayor,” Gogichaishvili stated.
In addition, Gogichaishvili assessed the statement by one of Gakharia’s party leaders and their joint Tbilisi mayoral candidate with “Lelo,” Irakli Kupradze, who said that video cameras would be installed at all polling stations in Tbilisi. According to Gogichaishvili, “Lelo” has the resources for this.
“When we have evidence [of violations], ‘Georgian Dream,’ the police, and the prosecutor’s office will be forced to react to the violations,” Gogichaishvili noted.
Levan Gogichaishvili on calls for overthrow: Yes, “National Movement” is helping elect Kaladze – why do they say Ivanishvili will flee on the 5th? They don’t even believe it themselves? – Gakharia is smarter than them, they are cowards
