The eighth congress of the party "United National Movement" is being held in the hotel "Biltmore" at this moment.
The delegates have already been addressed by the leaders of the political council of the party.
Nika Melia spoke about the achievements that the "National Movement" had during being in the government.
"The National Movement is a political family that has created a new Georgian state under the leadership of Mikheil Saakashvili," Nika Melia said, and said that the UNM had inherited the country where there were no state institutions, army, police, salaries.
He also spoke about mistakes in his speech and noted that the UNM was an only parties that passed over the power in a peaceful way to other political party. According to Nika Melia, despite the promise of "Dream", the country has received more poverty, unemployment, injustice, increased crime.
Nika Melia talked about persecution and selective justice of the UNM members. According to him, the government intends to put pressure on party activists and arrest them.
Nika Melia thanked the parties in the United Opposition and said that the unity of political movements has been never as decisive now.