Thousands of pro-European demonstrators are on the streets of Tbilisi for the eighth consecutive night in protest against the government, which inhibits the European ambitions of the society, and promises to destroy the opposition.
The increasingly harsh rhetoric of the Government, the violent dispersal of meetings and the arrest of opposition leaders have so far not undermined the determination of the demonstrators.
There were thousands of them again this evening at the Parliament, some with banners "Your repression will finish you off", and under the watchful eye of the police to break up the demonstrations.
However, there were fewer people at the beginning of the rally than during the previous nights of protests.
As in previous nights, the demonstrators hit the metal fences blocking the entrance to the Parliament, waved EU flags and blew their horns.
Some protesters said they expected protests to pick up again over the weekend.
Demonstrations were also held in Batumi, Zugdidi and Kutaisi, the media reported.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that five people were arrested in Tbilisi and in the Imereti region.
Faced with a protest movement, the government, judged to be pro-Russian and autocratic, has sharpened its rhetoric again today, after last night's arrest of three opposition leaders.
"We will do everything necessary to completely eradicate this libero-fascism" of the opposition, Prime Minister Irakli Kobahidze said at a press conference, and again claimed that the protests were financed from abroad.
He criticized US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who yesterday condemned the "unjustified violence" of the authorities in Georgia, and said that he hopes for a new attitude of the US government when Donald Trump becomes the head of the country in January.
Georgia has been going through a severe political crisis since parliamentary elections on October 26, which were won by the ruling Georgian Dream party and which the opposition denounced as rigged. Mass demonstrations erupted on November 28 when the prime minister announced that he was suspending Georgia's application to join the EU until 2028.
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