Non-parliamentary opposition imposes the responsibility for violence in Batumi on the authorities. They believe that the law enforcement response to the violence was too late.

 "Here, surely the government should be held responsible. They could have prevented the confrontation by starting a dialogue with the demonstrators. The citizens who had been watching the vandalism that took place during the night. have realized that we are not be protected from similar developments neither in Batumi , nor elsewhere in Georgia, "- said Zurab Tchaberashvili.
The opposition believes that it is necessary to determine the causes of such a confrontation. The Labour Party believes that the government is out of touch with reality, because the cause of the conflict is actually the current social situation.

The authorities blame the violence on in The Republican Party responded to accusation of political opponents in violence voiced by the authorities.According to Khatuna Samnidze, " instead of carying out an investigation, the ruling team is busy creating enemy icon from the opposition".