Rehan Dimitri

One is inside parliament, where everything is quiet, where you can't really hear what's happening outside. And I was talking to some pro-government MPs. They do not consider that there's any political crisis in the country. They're disregarding the protests that have been going on for weeks now in Georgia. saying that it's all just artificially created and somehow influenced from outside Georgia.

One is inside parliament, where everything is quiet, where you can't really hear what's happening outside. And I was talking to some pro-government MPs. They do not consider that there's any political crisis in the country. They're disregarding the protests that have been going on for weeks now in Georgia. saying that it's all just artificially created and somehow influenced from outside Georgia.

And then there's another reality, which is outside the parliament, in those freezing temperatures, people turning up, they are booing, they are doing whatever they can to express their discontent.

And then there's another reality, which is outside the parliament, in those freezing temperatures, people turning up, they are booing, they are doing whatever they can to express their discontent.

It is unlikely, Alex. He did not make any formal statements today. He was just there to receive the congratulations from the ruling party and from his own party, which is called People's Power. But those who are protesting, they're saying that he does not represent the Georgian people. His party, People's Power Party, was the one that proposed the

It is unlikely, Alex. He did not make any formal statements today. He was just there to receive the congratulations from the ruling party and from his own party, which is called People's Power. But those who are protesting, they're saying that he does not represent the Georgian people. His party, People's Power Party, was the one that proposed the

a very controversial law called the foreign agents law. He's one of the architects of that law. He's been a very outspoken critic of the Western policies in Georgia. He's an illiberal politician. And those who are protesting outside Parliament, they do not see that he is the representative of those values that they're trying to defend.

a very controversial law called the foreign agents law. He's one of the architects of that law. He's been a very outspoken critic of the Western policies in Georgia. He's an illiberal politician. And those who are protesting outside Parliament, they do not see that he is the representative of those values that they're trying to defend.