GD announces legal action against BBC in international courts over 'fa...
As the statement notes, GD will “use every possible legal means to
ensure that the so-called media outlet spreading falsehoods answers
for the dissemination of dirty, false accusations”.“This morning,
the BBC published an article which, in addition to numerous absurd and
false pieces of information, contains an accusation against the
Georgian government that the Ministry of Internal Affairs allegedly
used a ‘chemical substance’ against violent protesters during
illegal rallies. Naturally, this so-called media outlet, which has
been turned into a propaganda weapon of the ‘Deep State’, has
presented not a single fact to substantiate this grave
accusation.Moreover, all speculation is based on the opinions of
specific individuals, among them Doctor Chakhunashvili, who is one of
the active participants in illegal rallies, whilst his family member,
his father, Giorgi Chakhunashvili, personally participated in the
October 4 ‘overthrow of the government process’ and physically
broke into the courtyard of the Georgian Presidential Palace.
Furthermore, the article predominantly features interested parties,
Gigauri, the accused Khasaia, the accused Shaishmelashvili, the
convicted Bachiashvili and other similar individuals.The Georgian
Dream communications team maintained active contact with the
‘investigative journalist’ before the publication of the article.
We prepared comprehensive responses to every question posed by the
BBC, addressing the British media outlet’s interests meticulously
and in detail. Given that in recent times the aforementioned media
outlet has become embroiled in more than one scandal, has repeatedly
been confirmed to have spread falsehoods, and for this reason even the
broadcaster’s top management was replaced, at the beginning of our
response we set only two conditions—that our position be covered in
full, we offered to provide evidence of every word we sent, whilst in
parallel we demanded that, in observance of high journalistic
standards, all reasoning presented in the article be based solely on
evidence. In return, we were met with a jumble of lies and serious
accusations against the government, which, as we have noted, are based
on the narratives of interested parties and, of course, bear no
relation to reality.It is well known to the public that several weeks
ago, the BBC was embroiled in a scandal when the so-called media
outlet broadcast a crudely edited interview with U.S. President Donald
Trump, in which the context and content of the conversation had been
distorted. As a result of this manipulation, the broadcaster’s
director-general and executive news director resigned from their
positions, though this more resembled rolling out the red carpet for
the U.S. President than accepting responsibility for a mistake.That
the BBC has no moral or professional obstacles to fulfilling dirty
commissions and spreading falsehoods is also clearly evident from
today’s published article, whilst the change in their management
reminds us of the several changes of prime minister in Britain in
recent years, which in that country has been followed not by
fundamental change, not even by façade change, and as a result one
‘Deep State’-controlled government has replaced another.Because an
outlet once considered authoritative, which today has been turned into
a propaganda weapon of informal governance, has publicly spread false
accusations against the Georgian government and has not presented even
a single piece of evidence in the article to substantiate these
accusations; because the so-called ‘journalistic investigation’
built on lies is primarily based on the narratives of criminals and
has nothing in common with reality; because the BBC received
exhaustive answers to all questions and did not publish even 1% of the
substantiated responses in the article; because this dirty propaganda
material is an attempt to smear the Georgian government, the Georgian
police and, most importantly, Georgian statehood, we have decided to
initiate legal proceedings against the fake media outlet in
international courts.We will utilise every legal measure available to
ensure that the so-called media outlet spreading falsehoods is held
accountable for disseminating baseless, malicious
accusations.Enclosed, we provide in full the questions supplied by the
BBC before the publication of the article, along with the responses we
submitted,” reads the Georgian Dream statement.
