Ombudsman’s Representatives and Saakashvili’s Doctors Denied to Visit Ex-President
By The Messenger Staff
Wednesday, December 29
The representative of the Public Defender and the doctors of the council were not allowed to go to the Gori Military Hospital with Mikheil Saakashvili.
According to the ombudsman's representative, Saba Brachveli, their goal was to obtain information about the ex-president's treatment, as well as possible mistreatment. However, they were not allowed to do so.
“We requested a meeting with the doctor on duty and he was not met either. We only met with the neurologist on duty in front of the cameras. In these circumstances, we would not start talking to him about confidential and medical information. The neurologist on duty has no contact with patient Saakashvili,” said Brachveli.
Brachveli stated that according to the law, the representatives of the Public Defender have the right to meet a person deprived of liberty at any time in a closed institution.
“Obstructing our entry here is a violation of the Organic Law on the Public Defender. This must be followed by a legal response. Also, I think it is necessary that such a fact does not happen again,” says Brachveli.
On December 27, Mikheil Saakashvili said that an attempt was made to remove him from the Gori military hospital, which he resisted.
Brachveli says that the ex-president may have been mistreated, but today refuses to visit him raises doubts whether something similar has happened again.
“Our obstruction raises doubts as to whether he has been mistreated repeatedly, or whether the patient's condition has been aggravated, or whether there is any other restriction of which the public is not aware,” stated Brachveli.
On November 19, after a 50-day hunger strike, Mikheil Saakashvili was transferred from the Gldani 18th Prison Medical Center to the Gori Military Hospital, where his rehabilitation process began.
