"Temirlan Machalikashvili"s case is a continuation of the state"s repressive policy towards the Pankisi Gorge, which causes a sense of insecurity in locals and leads to deep distrust. " This is a quote from the address of the Pankisi Gorge population to the Prime Minister, law enforcement agencies, government economic team and parliament.

The population of Pankisi gorge asks a punishment of perpetrators of murder of Temirlan Machalikashvili in a protest rally. .

In addition, residents of the village Duisi protest the construction of HPPs and police pressure.

According to locals, after the action was announced, activists were summoned to the police office.

As a journalist Sulkhan Bordzikashvili says, people who protest against the construction of the HPP are summoned to the police and law enforcers try to recruit them .