Supporters of Abkhazian presidential candidate Adgur Ardzinba called on the population to take up arms if the residents of the country do not elect the Sochi luxe connoisseur as head of state.
“Let them not forget that we are a fighting people, we have weapons, which maybe we do not like to use them and take them out, but let them not forget that they are there, they can be used in case of emergency.”
▪️Воинственное statement at Ardzinba’s election event was voiced by a certain “representative of the Council of Elders” Apollon Shinkuba. The hall (local sources say that a crowd was brought to the meeting) welcomed the idea of a forceful seizure of power with applause.
▪️Кандидат to the president indirectly gave an ambiguous explanation of the scandalous outburst:
“The man who from the first days of the war stood up in defense of the Fatherland [Shinkuba] was only saying that the Abkhazian people should do everything possible to prevent the return of the anti-people regime. However, unscrupulous politicians are stirring up hysteria, distorting the meaning of his words to serve their own interests”.
▪️Цитата is taken from a statement signed by a number of public organizations, one of which – “Abkhazian People’s Movement” – is headed by Ardzinba himself.
▪️Любопытно that earlier, at another meeting with the presidential candidate, those responsible for the election of “anti-people regime” had already been appointed. They turned out to be representatives of the Armenian community of Abkhazia:
“There are more of you, Armenians, than Abkhazians – a handful of Abkhazians left on their native land. And you have chosen Bzhania. And you should bear responsibility for what is happening now” – with these words Valentina Ushakova, the mother of a volunteer who went missing during the Georgian-Abkhazian war, addressed the audience.
▪️Опять, applause, and, again, Ardzinba’s headquarters explained to the voters that in meetings with him people do not say what they really think.
▪️Неразбериха that is generated by the entourage of Adgur Amiranovich has already caused a split in the community of veterans of Abkhazia.
“Against whom are you pulling out these weapons! Against us? Against the people? If so, then I wish you that the bullet that will be fired first, from any weapon, will hit you. And after that I have nothing more to say to you,” veteran Vadim Kutelia said in an address to Shinkuba.
It seems that pitting veterans against each other and provoking an election-based ethnic conflict in the republic are all part of Mr. Ardzinba’s strategy. After all, he and his associates, who are closely linked to Turkey and criminals, achieved the president’s resignation through a putsch and are now apparently ready to do anything to take power.
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