Today, politicians made comments on Irakli Kobakhidze’s statement and about the March of Honor in general.
Salome Samadashvili – Member of Parliament:
“Technically, the chairman of the ruling party announces and directly states that he supports the restriction of the exercise of the constitutional right. Today, if this right is restricted to any one group, tomorrow it will be restricted to any other group, which is considered unacceptable by Mr. Kobakhidze, Bidzina Ivanishvili, or anyone else.”
Tamar Kordzaia – Member of Parliament:
”Irakli Kobakhidze confirms with his statement that his political capital stands for oppression and in cooperation with this oppressive institution. Let me remind you that according to the Constitution, everyone is equal before the law and everyone has the right to freedom of assembly and expression. The government should let them hold The March of Honor with dignity and without any violence.”
Khatia Dekanoidze – United National Movement, Member of Parliament:
“If they manage to make Levan Vasadze’s statement a law, of course, it will be the basis for very harsh assessments, including from our international partners.”
Davit Sergeenko, a member of the Georgian Dream, has a different position – he thinks that the organizers should ask another part of the society whether a March of Honor should be held:
“They should probably ask the other part of the society, and they should engage in confrontation in any way, no one is interfering in anything, it ‘s just that, it’s probably better to do it with less enthusiasm.”
We would like to remind you that on June 17, during an interview with journalist Inga Grigolia on TV Pirveli, Irakli Kobakhidze, the chairman of the Georgian Dream, said that LGBTQ people should refuse the Tbilisi Pride events scheduled for July 1-5, including the March of Honor. Before that, Levan Vasadze issued a 10-day ultimatum to the government to cancel Pride.
