Unfortunately, our country and our state have lost another historic opportunity, said Salome Samadashvili, one of the leaders of the United National Movement, after a joint meeting mediated by Christian Danielsson, a personal envoy of the European Council President.

“For this, they intend to continue persecuting political opponents, using the electoral system for their own benefit, etc. We once again had a chance to reach an agreement on every point that was indicated in Michel’s plan. There were 5 points, 3 out of which 3 were acceptable to all representatives of the opposition.

With regard to two issues - political prisoners and elections, we proposed a number of compromise options. One of our proposals was about how we saw the political future of the country. You know, we cannot agree on an assessment of what happened in the October elections last year, but one of our proposals was to hold a plebiscite relating to the adoption of a new constitution and to hold early elections based on it. It was a vision that focused on the future. As for the topic of political prisoners, we offered a number of comfortable opportunities to them”, - said Salome Samadashvili.