Georgian PM blasts main opposition party over sexual abuse video

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili attends a meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations in Manhattan, New York, October 2, 2015. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian Prime Minister Irakly Garibashvili on Thursday branded the main opposition party a "criminal organisation" after the leaking of a video purporting to show sexual abuse of detainees by law enforcement officers that took place when it was in power.

But the opposition accused Garibashvili of using the four-year-old video footage to distract public opinion from the former Soviet republic's mounting economic woes and Georgia's president said the prime minister's comments could spark unrest.