After three days of protests in Tbilisi, security forces did not completely disperse the protesters
Mass protests against the government's decision to suspend negotiations on Georgia's accession to the European Union continued in Tbilisi at night.
The protesters used pyrotechnics, which resulted in a fire inside the parliament building. The police responded with rubber bullets, smoke bombs, water cannons and tear gas. The protesters gradually retreated from Rustaveli Avenue to Chavchavadze, to the building of the first building of Tbilisi State University.
It is noteworthy that this night the security forces did not engage in demonstrative beating of the protesters, according to the "Javakhadze!" Telegram channel.
"After yesterday's footage, when a policeman kicks a protester in the head, the police were apparently ordered to act within the law. Today, two protesters with Georgian flags demonstratively walked towards the police chain. And as soon as the police officers flew up to them, an order was heard: let them go! There were 20 cameras around, and the authorities didn’t need another scandal,” the TG channel writes.
The pro-government TV channel Imedi has been showing “radical atrocities” since the morning, namely the broken windows of the parliament. At the entrance to the Georgian parliament building, protesters also burned an effigy of the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili.
Protests in the Georgian capital have not subsided for the fourth day in a row. The country's Ministry of Internal Affairs has still not counted the number of people detained last night. There is also no data from the Ministry of Health on the number of victims. Eyewitnesses say that many sought medical help with signs of poisoning from the gas used during the dispersal, writes Newsgeorgia. Yesterday it was reported that about 150 people were detained in the first two days of the protest.
Georgian diasporas in various countries around the world are also planning to hold protests against the results of the parliamentary elections.
"We condemn the rigged elections and violence used by the de facto government of Georgia against peaceful protesters! No to the Russian regime!" - with this description, the Georgian publication Aprili.Media published a list of cities, dates and times of the planned demonstrations.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili said that she will not leave her post until a legitimate parliament is elected. Her term expires on December 16. But Zurabishvili intends to consider herself president, even if the deputies elect a new head. The so-called "elections!" will be held on December 14.
