Protesters gained momentum when thousands gathered in front of the Parliament building, where organizers called for the drug policy reform.
On May 13, the fascist organization Georgian National Unity rallied against the "drug dealers and LGBT propagandists", as its leader, Giorgi Chelidze has stated.
[2][3][4] According to the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, "street protests have highlighted divisions between Georgia's long-standing conservative traditions and emerging, more liberal views".
The Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Gakharia has stated that the raid in nightclubs on May 12 came after 48 cases of drug intoxication of clubbers over the past two weeks.
Georgia's chief prosecutor Irakli Shotadze resigned over the case, while the government established a special parliamentary fact-finding commission chaired by an opposition politician.