Government interests, political process, hindering of country"s democratic development, crossing the red lines, - the is how non-governmental sector assesses the legal dispute against Rustavi 2 . They suspect that the legal dispute against independent media outlet in pre-election period is aimed at obstructing the work of independent TV station.

"Free media, the elections - this is the red line, in case of crossing it we actually will not have any possibility to defend the country"s democratic development. This is of course a politically-managed process if we lose it the democracy in the country will be lost," - said the Chairperson of Board of the NGO" The Georgian Reform Association ", Ellen Khoshtaria.