Georgian PM: no one will escape accountability for attempted Government overthrow

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Friday said that everyone had been warned that no one would get away with participating in an attempt to overthrow the Government, and that everyone had to accept that the law would be enforced against every lawbreaker.

In his remarks, Kobakhidze noted that as many people would be detained as were involved in acts of violence and in the attempted violent overthrow.

“We warned everyone. Therefore, everyone must come to terms with what is happening, that justice will be served against each individual who participated in the attempted overthrow. Everyone must accept this. We issued warnings, we did everything we could to prevent these people from getting involved, but they still took part in the attempted overthrow, encouraged others to do so - accordingly, everyone must now accept that the law will be enforced against every violator”, Kobakhidze said.

“As many people as need to be detained will be detained, those who engaged in violence, those who participated in the violent attempt to overthrow (the Georgian Government), they will all be detained”, he concluded.