"This is another unsuccessful conspiracy against the state planned by anti-state and anti-church forces". Such a statement made today the Prime Minister, while commenting the recent developments in Tbilisi and Lekso Lashkarava’s tragedy.

“Yesterday we heard classic anti-state, anti-church and anti-national messages at yesterday’s rally. We heard messages, made by aggressive speakers demanding the arrest of the Patriarch by the police, apart from demanding our resignation, which is understandable and normal, this is their dream.

We all saw they tried to use this man’s tragedy for achieving their political goals. What could be more immoral than trying to achieve one’s own political goals through the tragedy of a dead person. No matter what the cause of death of Alexandre Lashkarava was, all the offenders will be severely punished. Police have already arrested 4 people involved in his beating”, - said Irakli Garibashvili.