Ruling party MP accuses opposition of pushing ‘foreign-inspired’ revolution narrative

A lawmaker from the ruling Georgian Dream party has accused the opposition of using “externally crafted slogans” to stir unrest, warning that young people could be misled into breaking the law.

Speaking in parliament on Friday, Irakli Kadagishvili claimed that the term “peaceful revolution,” recently used by opposition leader Levan Khabeishvili, was not his original idea but was “devised abroad” to trigger fresh political mobilisation by the end of the year.

Kadagishvili argued that the slogan was part of a broader attempt to manipulate the public, comparing it to earlier calls for a coalition government, which he said had quickly collapsed. “These are situationally managed political forces without real shared interests,” he said.

The MP warned that such rhetoric could once again push young people towards protest actions with legal consequences. “With this wordplay, your children are being driven towards prison, turned into raw material for a revolution,” Kadagishvili said, stressing that the law would also apply to those who encourage violations.

He also insisted that the wider public would not support the opposition’s agenda, even if, in his words, “the opposition bubble” amplified it.

Turning to foreign policy, Kadagishvili alleged that pressure on Georgia’s EU integration process was being used as “a tool of blackmail and coercion” rather than genuine support. “The Georgian people want a fair path towards the European Union, not one built on pressure and manipulation,” he said.