, as a result of clashes between the police and demonstrators who tried to break into the Presidential Palace in Tbilisi, 21 law enforcement officers and 6 participants in the protest campaign suffered.
This is stated by the Ministry of Affairs of Persons, Labor, Health and Social Protection of Georgia.
The incident occurred. At night, during an unauthorized protest in the center of the capital.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, of a statement about events in Tbilisi, accused the protesters who did not recognize the results of local elections to overthrow the government. To overthrow the government, but their attempt failed.
The head of government warned that everyone who tries to overthrow the government illegal methods will receive a “tough answer” from the state. “The law will be very harsh,” he added.
In Georgia, the police intervened in an attempt by demonstrators to seize the Presidential Palace
some opposition parties of Georgia, which did not recognize the parliamentary and presidential elections of 2024, announced local elections on October 4 illegitimate and organized a protest in Tbilisi. The Georgian opera singer Paata Burchuladze, speaking to the thousands of those gathered in the Square of Freedom in Tbilisi, announced that since October 4 they did not recognize the government.
Burchuladze said that the highest officials of the governments should be devoted to the people’s justice. Demonstrators to “capture” the Presidential Palace. After that, the group, who moved to the president’s residence, tried to penetrate the building without permission, demolished the barriers and ran into the police posted there.
when the demonstrators began to throw stones, bottles of water and other objects, special police units used tear gas in front of the building. The help of which the demonstrators who built the barricades were accelerated.
on the Square of Orbeliani, where the protest continued, there were also clashes between the police and demonstrators.