“If Great Britain imposes sanctions against Bidzina Ivanishvili, it will clearly demonstrate that the Deep State has degraded Great Britain to the level of Ukraine, Lithuania, Estonia, and the European Parliament. Given this state’s historical legacy, it should be regarded as an exceptionally tragic event,” reads the Georgian Dream Political Council’s statement.
According to the statement, sanctions are being threatened against the leader of Georgia’s ruling party, who has rescued the nation from authoritarianism and facilitated a democratic breakthrough. “As is known, fourteen deputies in the British House of Commons have submitted an initiative to sanction Bidzina Ivanishvili.“This initiative follows Great Britain’s sanctions against Vakhtang Gomelauri and other high-ranking officials from Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs. Georgian society is aware that historically, Great Britain has been a strong, sovereign, and progressive state, a champion of the rule of law and fundamental human rights. It is in England that basic procedural rights emerged, including the right to a fair trial, which mandates a proper hearing and reliable evidence before imposing sanctions on an individual. Shockingly, principles understood in England as far back as the 13th and 17th centuries have been entirely forgotten and trampled by the British government in the 21st century.
We remember the five unjust and shameful anti-Georgian resolutions from the European Parliament that called for punishing Bidzina Ivanishvili and releasing criminals. We recall the unjust sanctions imposed by Ukraine on Georgian politicians, public servants, and their families without any supporting facts or evidence. We remember Lithuania and Estonia’s anti-Georgian decisions to sanction politicians and high officials, also lacking any factual basis.
It is deeply concerning that a country like Great Britain has been subsided to merely a pawn by the Deep State, the same global war party that has manipulated Ukraine, Lithuania, Estonia, and the European Parliament. Without any justification, they threaten the leader of Georgia’s ruling party, who has saved the nation from authoritarian rule, initiated a democratic breakthrough, and halted the systemic practice of killing, torture, business racketeering, media seizure, and election fraud in Georgia. He has maintained twelve years of continuous peace and tripled the economy. If Great Britain imposes sanctions against Bidzina Ivanishvili, it will indisputably indicate that the Deep State has degraded Great Britain to the same level as Ukraine, Lithuania, Estonia, and the European Parliament—an exceptionally tragic event given this nation’s historical past.
If sanctions are enacted, Great Britain’s standing as a nation grounded in the rule of law and fundamental human rights will be irrevocably tarnished. Nevertheless, in the context of the Deep State or global war party condemnations leading to the physical destruction of numerous states, Great Britain’s moral decline and degradation is a significantly less tragic occurrence,” reads the Georgian Dream Political Council’s statement.