“Condemning is not an order”: Georgian President says European leaders silent on Presidential Palace storming due to Deep State ties

Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili on Friday criticised European leaders for failing to condemn the storming of the Presidential Palace on October 4, alleging their silence stems from being part of a deep state with instructions not to denounce the violence, while questioning their hypocrisy in trade relations with Russia.

In his remarks, Kavelashvili addressed the violent attempt to storm the Presidential Palace during protests, accusing European leaders and bureaucrats of withholding condemnation due to their alignment with a deep state agenda.

“How many times must they be urged to come forward and condemn the storming of the President’s Administration, a violent act? Isn’t that simple? Especially when you’re called a European leader or a European parliamentarian, isn’t it easy to assess? You should condemn it, but they cannot, because they are part of this project, the deep state, and their instructions do not include condemnation. If they receive such instructions, they will definitely condemn it”, Kavelashvili said.

The President highlighted the hypocrisy, noting that while they urge Georgia to impose sanctions on Russia, many EU countries continue their own trade relations with Moscow.

“When we talk about a syndrome and someone views reality through a different lens, it means they are not objective or sincere. How many examples of this do we have? Every day information is spread about the nature of relations between European countries, EU countries, and Russia. If I’m not mistaken, France’s energy trade has increased by up to 40 percent, Latvian deputies came here, directly interfering in our internal affairs, and during the war years, Latvia’s beverage exports to Russia have increased”, he noted.

Kavelashvili also referred to instances where European parliamentarians interfered in Georgia’s internal affairs and claimed that opposition figures and NGOs within the country echo the same rhetoric without questioning Western inconsistencies.

“These shameless people - neither the opposition present here, nor NGOs, nor ordinary citizens, nor YouTubers who preach for them - dared to ask a single question when they called for our country to join sanctions. […] Not a single person came forward to ask the opposite question: You so-called saints, when you urge my country to impose sanctions on Russia, why are you trading with Russia? Where is the logic? Trump said that unless your trade with Russia stops, there will be no progress”, he said.

On October 4, large-scale protests in Tbilisi escalated into a dramatic confrontation, as a group of radical demonstrators tried to storm the presidential palace. The unrest occurred on the same day Georgia held municipal elections.

Authorities detained at least five opposition figures, including Paata Burchuladze. They are now facing charges of plotting to overthrow the government - a potential offense that could carry lengthy prison sentences.

Government officials described the events as a failed coup attempt orchestrated with foreign backing. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze called the protests “an attempted overthrow of the constitutional order”.