Even worse is the fact that Georgia is no longer the focus of NATO's and the European Union's interests. Georgia failed as a democratic state. It failed to have free media or an independent justice system. The country did succeed in locking up political prisoners, taking over private properties from independent business owners, and having the most corrupt government in the Caucasus.
According to Human Rights Watch, there are 86 political prisoners in Georgian jails. The recent arrest of Archil Benidze, who donated money to the strongest opposition movement for justice, the Georgian Labor Party, sent shockwaves through political circles. Benidze has since been sentenced to seven years in jail.
Georgia had a dream. But the man who stormed the parliament building in the fall of 2003 has been weakened by ego, hubris and greed.
O estado em que se encontra o Estado georgiano, descrito por um antigo parlamentar georgiano, Tsotne Bakuria.
Quem no passado Verão se compungiu com Saakashvili, por causa da resposta russa, pode constatar em que situação o actual Presidente deixou o país, a quem em 2003 deu um sonho e uma esperança.
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