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The “Public Movement Multinational Georgia” protests any expression with negative connotation regarding the ethnic minority groups

The “Public Movement Multinational Georgia” protests any expression with negative connotation regarding the ethnic minority groups

On 15 June 2009 while having meeting with parliamentary majority the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili mentioned in a negative context the population of the New Guinea and some of the regions of the New Zealand and the titular population of the state of Papuan-New Guinea, namely, he called them “Papuans”.  The President said: “in no normal state the protesting rally is held at the police premises.  Today they again blocked the road to the police department.  We are not Papuans any longer?! It is inadmissible to abuse our foreign friends, announcing self-blockade”.

We believe that any people, regardless of existing stereotypes and the lack of information on identity and culture of them,  deserves to be treated with due respect.  We think that the President Saakashvili in assessing the recent political developments of Georgia, namely the protesting rally of the opposition at the police department premises, had no intention to abuse the given ethnic group.  Despite of this, we find inadmissible the statements alike from any politician.

We would like to remind that a week ago the Public Movement – Multinational Georgia expressed its protest against the statement having the signs of xenophobia and intolerance against Chinese and Japanese made by one of the leaders of opposition Mr Zviad Dzidziguri.