President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili responded from Adjaria to the issue of financing an opposition. Mikheil Saakashvili called everybody to decline from destructive actions and noted that blocking the streets and making it a PR action caused Georgia lose every tenth job. He said that Georgia doesn't need any obstacles now, just on the contrary, everybody must assist the process of the development of our country.

President considers that Georgian business circle won't have any wish to finance the program containing negative reproaches only - blocking, closing, finishing everything.

Being in Ajaria President spoke about the facts that in the last period there are people who express certain surprise - why people working in business here or abroad have no wish to finance radical opposition's destructive actions.

"I want everyone to realize that every businessman wishes progress, ongoing constructions because every businessman creates, builds and develops something", noted President.

President of Georgia says that no businessman wishes chaos and instead of offering better programs about rapid development, there program includes - blocking, closing, finishing.

"When you have a program made of these three components no money will be put into such programs. If you say how you are going to be developed I think there will be assistance", stated Mikheil Saakashvili.

President responded to the opposition's accusations and explained his comment. It regards the statements of the opposition leaders according to which Mikheil Saakashvili expressed his gratitude to the former MIA Kakha Targamadze in 1999. President of Georgia called the opposition's statement a wrong interpretation. The statement was made in 1999 and Mikheil Saakashvili thanked the personnel of MIA who avoided possible incidents.

"One of the opposition TV channels hysterically show this episode non-stop, as a big accusation where I thank Georgian police, a family of dead policeman", stated the President of Georgia.

Mikheil Saakashvili said that this speech wasn't shameful at all.

"I want to tell my opponents that I don't at all feel ashamed but I am proud, because every ordinary police officer, every ordinary soldier serves their country in all the times. You cannot permanently curse police, Armed Forces, businessmen, state entities - who create something and expect love from them", stated President of Georgia.

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