Georgian society is much more progressive and European than the political elite - Lomjaria on the rally

Public Defender Nino Lomjaria responds to the June 20 rally and writes that the number of people who took part in the rally confirmed that 80-90% of the country chooses the West.

In addition, Lomjaria writes that Georgian society is much more progressive and European than the Georgian political elite.

"My impressions from yesterday 's rally:

1. Research showing that 80% -90% of the population wants Europe is a reality;
2. If there were supporters of all the parties at the rally, this is an unusual story! Assume that people are taking steps to meet the demand for depolarization;
3. Georgian society (regardless of generation) is much more progressive and European than the Georgian political elite;
4. The propaganda and steps of the ruling party, which were constantly aimed at stereotypical Georgians with a post-Soviet mentality, will simply not work, as you see in paragraph 3;
5. People are neither relaxed nor tired of fighting for values, nor are they tangible alienation between generations or between political views. They are simply tired of the majority of the existing opposition political spectrum, and this is the weakness of Georgian democracy, along with authoritarian rule."

For reference, yesterday the movement "Shame" organized one of the most numerous rallies in recent years, "Home to Europe". According to Netgazeti, a minimum of 120,000 and a maximum of 160,000 people attended the rally. Citizens gathered in front of the parliament to support European integration.