Any speaker who justifies the destructive actions of the opposition is a propagandist of the radical opposition, writes the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili.
As he notes, commenting on current events, being a talking head, providing intellectual support and other expert activities in support of political actors are a clear example of propaganda activity, and this is a fact.
“At yesterday’s briefing, the Prime Minister of Georgia called on Georgia’s partner countries to condemn the events that took place in Tbilisi on October 4, which were announced by the radical opposition as a revolution and, as a result of the storming of the presidential palace, were even assessed as an attempted coup d’état.
The ongoing silence from diplomatic missions, which have been repeatedly exposed for interfering in Georgia’s internal affairs, is neither new nor unexpected.
The parliamentary elections of October 26, 2024 were followed by the opposition’s non-recognition, christening them as fraudulent, street protests, and a complete boycott of constitutional political life. These processes were supported by the aforementioned diplomatic missions, as well as their radical manifestations such as throwing “Molotov cocktails”, hunger strikes, street closures, storming schools, open campaigns of bullying and violence, and more.
The factual circumstances and actions that were spread for all to see, through traditional or social media, were baptized and named by media public figures as: peaceful demonstrations, the will of the Georgian people, peaceful continuous protest, peace march, the historic choice of the Georgian people, the fight against Russia, and so on.
Commenting on current events, being a talking head, intellectual support, and other expert activities in support of political actors are a clear example of propaganda activities, and this is a fact.
Over the past 11 months, the clear and declared goal of the demonstrations of various scales taking place in Tbilisi was the undemocratic change of government in Georgia. To achieve this goal, opposition forces have proposed a number of radical acts or processes. Accordingly, the fact that we have a radical opposition in the country today is simply a fact.
If some public figure fails to perceive the marginal forces standing on the street as radicals and the October 4 rally as an attempt to overthrow the government, and calls it by other, less irritating names, this cannot negate the obvious fact, which is supported by many arguments.
That is why, whether it is a university professor who clearly has difficulty distinguishing the specifics of television media from the walls of a lecture hall, or any other speaker who justifies the destructive actions of the radical opposition – any such person is a propagandist of the radical opposition. Denying this is the same lie as saying that those gathered on October 4 were not there to overthrow the government,” Papuashvili writes.
Shalva Papuashvili: Any speaker who justifies the destructive actions of the opposition is a propagandist of the radical opposition – denying this is the same lie as saying that those gathered on on October 4 were not there to overthrow the government
