Georgia may cancel Day of Wrath

Protests at the Georgian Public Television continue. The numbers of protesters have grown. Clashes with the police caused more people to arrive the Merab Kostav Avenue. The Shepitsuli (the ones who gave an oath) arrived to the place under the auspices of the National Assembly early this year.

Head of the Shepitsuli, Giya Burjanadze, said that they had sworn not to use weapons. Yet, they brought plastic bats. They closed the road with barbed wire.

Members of the organization said that they had been inspired by the Bella Ciao song, which was heard the whole night.

Shepitsuli members said that fuel containers are used for warming up and fueling vehicles. A journalist believed that they fuel was prepared for Molotov Cocktails, leader of the Georgian Party Erosi Kitsmarishvili said that such weapon was used in all clashes with police in any country.

The ex-candidate for president Levan Gachechiladze believes that journalists in the area are actually members of special services trying to provoke the youth.

Prosecutor General and former Defense Minister Irakly Okruashvili promised to return on May 25 to start a Rage Day for President Mikheil Saakashvili the way it happened in North Africa. He told the Maestro TV company that he realizes the risks and that the arrival will lift his status of a refugee in France, his lawyer Eka Beselia said.

Eventually, Okruashvili decided not to avoid visiting the country. Leaders of the Georgian Party Sozar Subari and Erosi Kitsmarishvili said that his arrival in Avlabari on May 25 at 12.00 was cancelled.

There have been many attempts to agree on the positions of Nino Budjanadze in the last two days. She said on May 23 that protests were to be held on the Freedom Square on May 25.

Georgy Kalatozishvili, Tbilisi. Exclusively for Vestnik Kavkaza