Participants in an anti-government rally in Tbilisi broke the windows of the parliament building with stones, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
The department has deployed special units near the building.
"In order to inform the public, we specify that the actions of some of the participants in the rally became violent immediately after the start of the rally. The protesters damaged the fences of the legislature and also broke dozens of windows on the facade of the parliament with stones and other objects, the statement said.
At the same time, according to the department, some participants in the rally are carrying with them pyrotechnics, stones and various heavy objects. “We again call on every participant in the action to express their protest in legal, peaceful ways and not to resort to illegal actions,”, added the Ministry of the Interior.
Another anti-government rally is taking place in Tbilisi near the parliament building. Tens of thousands of people gathered on Rustaveli Boulevard in front of the legislative body building. Traffic on the boulevard is blocked. There have been no clashes with the police yet.
Over the past two days, mass protests have taken place in Georgia. At the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi, on the night of November 29-30, rallies turned into clashes between protesters and security forces, who used water cannons and tear gas. As noted by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, this is a response to the “systematic violence by the protesters”. There are victims on both sides. For two days, the police detained about 150 people.
The reason for the protest was Kobakhidze's statement of November 28. He said that the ruling party "Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia" has decided not to include in the agenda the issue of negotiations for accession to the European Union until the end of 2028. and refuse all budgetary subsidies from the community. According to the head of the government, the reasons for this are constant blackmail from the EU regarding the initiation of a dialogue on joining it, requests to cancel a number of laws passed by the parliament, and calls to impose sanctions on the Georgian authorities.