Through the operation in Kodori Gorge to crack down on militia fighters, the Georgian authorizes not only shattered the long-standing status quo in Abkhazia, but also gained the upper hand to attack those opposition parties that have condemned the government for sending troops to the troubled gorge.
“We had total support [during the operation in Kodori Gorge]. I mean the support of the people; politicians of course have different kinds of opinions and some of them even work against Georgian interests,” President Saakashvili said on August 2.