If the [United] National Movement [UNM] was in power in February 2022, 2008 would be repeated, and on the contrary, if there was a patriotic government like Georgian Dream in August 2008, there would be no war. Such a statement made today the Speaker of the Parliament.

“The traitorous nature of the UNM was manifested in the support of the resolution, which was adopted by the European Council shortly after the declaration of war, in which they directly accuse the Georgian soldiers, who have gone to war, of war crimes.

In fact, they created the basis for our soldiers to be tried in the international court. They did this in 2008. Not only are they guilty about the war, they also abandoned the dead in that war, and then the church had to transport the dead, they abandoned the civilian population, they abandoned dead soldiers and civilians, and on top of that, supported a resolution charging war crimes against soldiers who had gone to war.

The Georgian Dream reversed this trial, which finally found that no Georgian soldier contributed to any war crimes and that the Russian army was the one committing the war crimes. Therefore, it is important to investigate all the details.

If the UNM was in power in February 2022, 2008 would be repeated, and on the contrary, if there was a patriotic government similar to Georgian Dream in August 2008, there would be no war.

There would not have been more than 400 dead soldiers and civilians, there would not have been 125 lost villages, there would not have been more than 1,700 wounded people, there would not have been declarations of independence, etc. This is exactly what we should investigate, what kind of betrayal took place in 2008”, - said Shalva Papuashvili.