According to the NDI survey, most of the respondents believe that the authorities used excessive force to crackdown the June 20 protest.
Specifically, 68% of respondents said that the government used excessive force on June 20, 22% thinks that the power used by the government was appropriate, 4% disagreed with both opinions, and 6% answered "I do not know".
The fieldwork was conducted during the period of July 13-29, 2011 across Georgia (excluding occupied territories), through direct interviews with 2,131 interviewees. Inaccuracy is 1.7 percent.
NDI research is funded by the UK Government's UK aid. The survey is conducted by CRRC-Georgia.
Tamta Kapanadze
News Author