Maintaining the image of Salome Zurabishvili as the "legitimate president of Georgia" by foreign officials for many months should have led to the fact that the rebels would have brought her into the presidential palace, from which the revolution should have begun. This was stated by the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili.
According to him, Zurabishvili criticized the storming of the Orbeliani presidential palace "because, in her opinion, the attackers recognized the presidency of Mikhail Kavelashvili."
"On the second day after the unsuccessful coup and the seizure of the presidential palace, ex-President of Georgia Zurabishvili made a statement in which she criticized the storming of the presidential palace not because the seizure is a crime, but because, in her opinion, the attackers recognized the presidency of Mikhail Kavelashvili," Papuashvili said..
One could just laugh at these statements, which do not coincide with reality, but the reality behind them is much more dangerous than at first glance, the head of parliament warns.
"Political radicalism leads to terror. This truth was confirmed on October 4, when a crowd forcibly broke into the presidential Palace. When the police managed to repel the attack, and it became clear that the attempt was thwarted, those radical leaders who prepared, encouraged and led the coup quickly separated themselves from the terrorist attack," Papuashvili stressed.
EADaily reported that on October 4 in Georgia has held elections to local self-government bodies. Part of the opposition — eight parties — did not participate in the elections, but announced large-scale protest actions on that day with the aim of committing a "peaceful revolution." This is what the opposition tried to do. Radicals stormed the presidential palace of Orbeliani, special forces had to use special means, the protesters were dispersed. Part of the opposition condemned the storming of the palace, ex-President Salome Zurabishvili said that this was a discrediting of the opposition, allegedly provoked by the Georgian authorities.