On-site mobilized police forces are insufficient and the situation on the streets is in reality out of control

The Center for Social Justice (formerly EMC) issued a statement on the ongoing controversy in Dmanisi and called on the authorities to "take immediate and effective measures to create a safe and peaceful environment on the ground". According to them, the Ministry of Internal Affairs should mobilize additional police forces to defuse the situation.

"At this stage, it is essential to immediately ensure a peaceful environment and law and order on the ground, and only then to study the systemic causes of this scale of conflict and to plan and pursue policies aimed at it. To this end, the Center for Social Justice calls on

Ministry of Internal Affairs:

Ensure the mobilization of additional police forces on the ground and the effective and real establishment of order;

To the Government and the Prime Minister:

Ensure the involvement of senior officials on the ground to defuse the situation;

"To study the systemic social and political causes of the conflict and to develop a long-term and broad vision for creating a substantially peaceful, inclusive and equal environment between different ethnic and religious groups and for transforming them into communities with conflict experiences" the SJC wrote.

According to the organization, the staff of the Center for Social Justice are also present on the spot, but it is difficult for them to work due to security risks. "Due to the lack of security, media workers are also hindered in their task. According to our representatives, the police forces mobilized on the spot are insufficient and the situation on the streets is really out of control."