Responding to harsh criticism from MEPs, Mamuka Mdinaradze, executive secretary of the Georgian Dream, read the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly's resolution from late April stating that freedom of speech and the media are generally well protected in the country. He said concerns were expressed only about polarization and pluralism.
Mdinaradze stated that it was unclear what had happened in a month that the attitude had completely changed.
"What happened in Georgia during this month that completely changed the attitude?What happened, what created a kind of armageddon background, why is Michael Bay needed for story so that everything seems to have fallen apart in a month," Mdinaradze said.
Journalists reminded him that Nick Gvaramia, CEO of the Mtavari Channel, was arrested during this period, which was followed by a series of critical assessments. Mdinaradze said the arrest of Nika Gvaramia involved not only politicians inside Georgia, but also more than 10 MEPs in the "fake campaign."
"When a month later our European colleagues, who are over a dozen, unfortunately, come out and paint a completely inverted, disastrous situation and thus attack the Georgian Government, the reality that exists in Georgia and spread a fake against this reality, not only at the local level, but at such a high level, from the rostrum it is an attack on Georgia. As for the question what changed during this period, the arrest of one person, for example, is impossible to have changed their attitude, because no one talks about his guilt or innocence, they say that he is guilty or innocent.
In fact, the only thing that has changed is that there is interest in creating artificial obstacles against Georgia to the process that is now underway.," Mdinaradze said.