November 12, 2007 - 14:36 AMT
Political crisis in Georgia won't be resolved soon
The political crisis in Georgia is going on and many stories will be still invented about Russian agents during next two months, said Walter Kaufmann, Heinrich-Böll-Foundation South Caucasus Regional Office Director.
The state of emergency will actually deprive the opposition candidates of the chance of nomination, according to him.
"The dispersal of the demonstration in Tbilisi reminded the events of April 9, 1989 when the Soviet Army broke up the rally with tear gas. This fact irritates the Georgian society," he noted.
"I suppose, West is interested in a sustainable Georgia. However, proclamation of emergency rule inflicted on Georgia's image a severe damage that won't be forgotten soon," he said, Deutsche Welle reports.