Police to use ‘proportional force’ if UNM blocks roads

The Georgian Interior Ministry says that they will not allow blocking roads on both banks of river Mtkvari by the United National Movement (UNM) opposition party in the afternoon, as it is the violation of the law which will cause traffic collapse in the capital city. 

The ministry says that they will use the proportional force to prevent the violation, and has warned the organizers that they will be held accountable for the action. 

The UNM is demanding the transfer of former president to a civil clinic, his eventual release from prison and annulment the recent municipal election results. 

Saakashvili, who was arrested in Tbilisi on October 1, a day before Georgian municipal elections, has been on hunger strike for 46 days.

He says he will stop the hunger strike if he is brought to a civil clinic. 

The GD officials claim that the UNM and Saakashvili have plans to cause unrest if Saakashvili is taken to a private clinic from Gldani prison hospital. 

The UNM promises that they will never hold rallies at the clinic where Saakashvili will be brought.  

The third president was convicted in Georgia back in 2018 for abuse of power in absentia and was sentenced to six years in prison.  

Saakashvili also faces five charges related to embezzlement, illegal takeover of property and others.