MADRID 29 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Georgian Ministry of the Interior confirmed this Friday that 43 people have been detained and 32 security forces have been injured during protests held in the early hours of the morning against Prime Minister Irakli Kobajidze’s statement on the decision to abandon 2028 aspirations for accession to the European Union.
In a statement published on its website, the agency announced that the 43 people were arrested for “disobedience to law enforcement officers and minor vandalism.” In particular, the Ministry has accused “some” protesters of carrying out “provocative actions”, disobeying police instructions, insulting officers and “physically confronting them.”
During the night, “they damaged infrastructure, set fire to unknown objects in the area, set up barricades, shot glass bottles, stones, iron objects and pyrotechnics in the direction of the Police,” he denounced.
Likewise, the Ministry has recorded 32 injured personnel as a result of the “illegal and violent actions” of the protesters.
“Some have serious injuries in different areas of the head, eyes and body. Of them, 13 have needed surgery,” reads the Interior note.
On the other hand, the Ministry has defended the use of “special means permitted by law” to break up the demonstration. According to information from the NetGazeti portal, the Police used water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray, injuring people gathered in front of the Georgian Parliament building and the headquarters of the ruling Georgian Dream.
The mobilization occurs after the Georgian Prime Minister announced this Thursday that his Government has decided to suspend “until the end of 2028” the negotiations for accession to the European Union, a procedure that Brussels has already suppressed ‘de facto’ due to the drift undemocratic situation in Tbilisi and its approach to positions similar to Moscow.