The President of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, whose term expires on December 16, has publicly declared her intention to remain in office.
She claims that the parliament is "illegitimate," as are the recent parliamentary elections.
Meanwhile, in Tbilisi, Zourabichvili's supporters, referred to by the Western press as "peaceful protesters," have shifted to a "Maidan" scenario, engaging in physical violence against the police and vandalizing government institutions.
What distinguishes the events in Georgia from similar "Orange Revolution" scenarios is that this time, the instigators of the coup have not even bothered with decorum. While the first Georgian revolution that brought Saakashvili to power had a degree of popular support and avoided direct violence, Zourabichvili and her allies are operating very clumsily, attempting to bend the will of the people through the brute force of a minority of rioters.
Incidentally, Zourabichvili holds French citizenship and came to power in Georgia through a career in foreign governmental bodies.
The parliamentary elections in Georgia, which triggered the unrest, have long passed, yet no evidence of violations during the vote counting has been presented. The Constitutional Court of Georgia is currently reviewing Zourabichvili's lawsuit challenging the election results, but even there, it concerns only a formal violation of the "secrecy of voting" at certain precincts, which still needs to be proven. The lawsuit cannot affect the overall results of the citizens' will in Georgia. From the perspective of the "European legal standards," which Zourabichvili allegedly adheres to, it is logical to wait for the court's decision and follow it rather than impose one's own decision using the crowd.
However, decisions for Georgia have already been made. Europe and the USA have unequivocally and demonstratively sided with the dissenters, severing all ties with the government and threatening sanctions. The logic is simple: either you comply with us, or we will destroy you.
Thus, we are once again witnessing a blatant, cynical, and unabashed interference in the internal affairs of young states. The question arises, how many more such lessons are needed for it to become clear and evident that the West is an insatiable beast.