Special statement of "Formula" | The government's attack on critical media

"These exit polls will still be broadcasted on any other Georgian channel," Zura Gumberidze, General Director of Formula TV, said at a special briefing of the TV company's management.

He says that the main target of the government is the critical media and this, in addition to the current fact, is evidenced by the cases of Nika Gvaramia, CEO of the Mtavari Channel and Avtandil Tsereteli, the founder of TV Pirveli.

Gumbaridze also connects the seizure of the TV station with the release of the results of the "Edison Research" research on "Formula" and addresses the US Embassy.

A very important study conducted by the company "Edison Research" aired on "Formula" on Monday, in which the viewers saw that the government, in fact, was not able to overcome the 43% threshold. And that was the main reason why the government had to attack Formula and its founder at an accelerated pace. We have already communicated with the representative of the company "Edison Research", no matter what the scenario, today or tomorrow, in this company, if a temporary manager or other type of event that will prevent the publication of research, these exit polls will be broadcasted on any other Georgian TV channels. I call on the US Embassy to take all precautionary measures to avoid pressure on the exit polling company," Gumbaridze said.