I would like to thank each police officer for patience, we know what they have had to endure during these days. Such a statement made today the Prime Minister of Georgia.

“The role of each policeman in the proper management of these processes was special and important. We know a number of facts about what the police had to endure during these days. These were the worst insults, these were the worst physical attacks on police officers, but in the end, the Ministry of Internal Affairs [MIA] managed the processes with a higher standard than the American and European ones. Have you seen the French, Dutch, American, German footage of how the policemen there treat the demonstrators. How rude are the forms of disintegration and often this disintegration takes the form of raids.

After 2012, rally raiding is an absolutely foreign event for Georgia. Every time, the MIA operates to the highest standard. We had a certain interim period, when one of the ministers of internal affairs, who today throws pyrotechnics at the policemen from the ranks of the opposition, used to dig out the eyes of the demonstrators when he was called the minister of internal affairs.

Today, the situation is different, because the Minister of Internal Affairs is Vakhtang Gomelauri. Every single police officer responded to all of the violations we’ve seen over the past few days to a much higher standard than American and European. Also, thanks to other law enforcement agencies, especially the State Security Service, their role was very important. Among them, there were risks for people’s health and lives. Among them, it is the merit of the State Security Service that all risks were avoided as much as possible”, - said Irakli Kobakhidze.