No one is happy when there is a strengthened security regime - when violence is turned into a political tool, security is needed here, Speaker of the Parliament Shalva Papuashvili said at the Bureau session.

According to him, only the employees of the Supervisors' Service and the Special State Protection Service maintain order in the building.

"I would like to thank our law Supervisors' Service. These days were not easy for them. From the tribune of the Parliament, we often heard thanks to the Parliament apparatus from the opposition colleagues. The supervisors are employees of the Parliament office, therefore, I would like to ask, first of all, to respect our Supervisors' Service, to obey their instructions. It's a difficult job, of course. I want to urge you to obey! I would like to call once again, especially the male deputies.

As for the security regime. As you know, the Palace of the Parliament of Georgia, although we have Supervisors' Service, it is protected by a Special State Protection Service, as well as other administrative buildings. These days, when the regime is particularly strengthened, the Special State Protection Service is present in the building, I would like to thank them as well. There is no one else here. I want to urge all of you to respect the order that we are trying to have here and that is the goal. Yesterday, unfortunately, the members of the Parliament were also insulting and questioning the morals of the supervisors and the employees of Special State Protection Service. Please stop this! These people protect your safety at the cost of their own lives, and we must respect them. We saw tables being thrown, we saw violence, we saw violence against citizens. Even today there is a special regime. Please, therefore, respect this. No one likes to be on enhanced security regime. When violence is turned into a political tool, security is needed here," Papuashvili said.

In response to Papuashvili, Khatia Dekanoidze, an opposition MP from the National Movement, noted that SSG representatives are also outside the building.

"Do you see only our side protesting in the Parliament building?" During these days, there is violence against MPs and violence is from the majority. Did you not see a person from the majority hitting another person from the opposition at the committee? Opposition MPs can't move in the corridors, but everything can be done by the representatives of the majority at the Bureau, right? Swearing, hitting on the head, but you can't comment on this because they are a majority?! When these are the most important days in the country and you are directly saying that the Euro-Atlantic interest of this country simply does not exist anymore, because you decided to accept these bills and unanimously support them, do you see agitation only from our side? Go outside, it's the State Security Service, it's the anti-terrorist department. From whom are you protecting this building?" Dekanoidze said.

source: IPN