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The News in Brief

Wednesday, October 6
Prepared by the Messenger Staff

According to Melia, He Will Name the Coalition Government in Tbilisi in the Coming Days

Tbilisi mayoral candidate Nika Melia says that if he wins, the government of the capital will be in a coalition and will name a shadow cabinet in the coming days, where members will be from different parties. This statement was made by Nika Melia on TV Pirveli.

According to Melia, he is going to cooperate with all political parties, regardless of who gained a lot of support in the first round.

According to the preliminary data of the CEC, the Georgian Dream received 46.68% of the votes throughout Georgia, in Tbilisi - 40.33%.

The second round will be held in all five self-governing cities of Georgia - Tbilisi, Rustavi, Kutaisi, Poti and Batumi. According to the CEC, the second round will be held in a total of 20 cities.



According to Saakashvili’s Lawyer, He’s Not Allowed Calls from Prison

According to Beka Basilaia, the lawyer of the former president Mikheil Saakashvili, the prosecutor's office ordered the prison to ban Saakashvili from making phone calls. According to the lawyer, none of the convicts are prohibited from making calls.

“Today, the prison received a request from the prosecutor's office not to allow Mikheil Saakashvili to make a call. This is not the case in any case where the trial is over. Beka Basilaia after his release from prison.”

Mikheil Saakashvili released a video on October 1 where he revealed that he was in Batumi, Georgia. The same evening, he was arrested in Sanzona, Tbilisi.

On October 3, Irakli Gharibashvili said that "no one will release Saakashvili" and that “if he does not behave well, they will add articles and jail others too.”