Ruling party responds to Gamkrelidze

Former foreign minister Davit Bakradze, who tops the ruling party electoral list, told New Rights leader Davit Gamkrelidze to "calm down the hysterical rhetoric" and
"check his own party members” for criminals.

He also said that the election process was being conducted "in a normal way expect for incidents of provocation by the opposition.

Referring to reports of a shootout in Gali earlier in the day, Bakradze said a "tragedy" had occurred where "people that were fulfiling their civil duty are heroes," and should be be supported.