Former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze has apologized to the people of Georgia for his main error, - the handover of power to the current leader, Mikhail Saakashvili.
Georgian officials caused to collapse The Council of Europe’s plan for repatriating the Meskhetian Turks, who were deported from Georgia in the 1940s.
This is by no means the only instance of bad luck in Saakashvili’s national policy. In another development Georgia caused to collapse the Council of Europe’s plan for repatriating the Meskhetian Turks, who were deported from Georgia in the 1940s. Georgian officials bent every effort to prevent the Meskhetian Turks from returning to their historical homeland. The Georgian President has repeatedly pointed out that Georgia is a poly-ethnic country. But in point of fact, the situation is quite the opposite. Today, Georgia’s national minorities, including Armenians and Azerbaijanis, are at one that the Georgian authorities look down on them. What Georgia is building de facto is a mono-ethnic state.
Ever more political forces in Georgia insist that the current leader should step down, and that an end be put to the bankrupt regime. But Saakashvili, Shevardnadze points out, may go to any length to retain power. Meanwhile the West, now that it’s grown aware of Saakashvili’s true worth, is energetically looking for someone who could take over from the puppet who has discredited himself. Politicians in the West would hate to even think about the loss of influence in the region. But then, the people of Georgia stand a chance of reversing the situation during the forthcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in the country.
