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Monday, May 16, 2022
Prepared by The Messenger Staff

Ombudsman on Gvaramia Case: This Will have a Very Negative Impact European Integration Process

Of course, it will have a very negative impact on the state of freedom of expression and media freedom in the country, and in general, Georgia will have a very negative impact on the European integration process ...

We think that the principle of legality is violated when criminal liability is incurred for an action that is not considered a crime at all by Georgian court practice, European, American or British case law. The position of the president is also important ...

If I were the President of Georgia and knew that it was a historic moment for the country and a decision was made to detain a person, a media manager, where the ombudsman said there were no signs of crime, I would really think about using pardon and I think it would be fair.



Margvelashvili on Gvaramia: A Convincing Step in the Construction of Soviet Georgia

“We have taken another convincing step in terms of building Soviet Georgia. That is, we are building a totalitarian state from an authoritarian state, and this is not one unexpected, extraordinary step.

Of course, the step is painful, the step speaks for itself, but it is one of the steps in the process of dismantling the democratic state, which began with the seizure of state institutions and naturally, logically continues with the dismantling and enslavement of the media because in a totalitarian state not only the state but also the media Finally, the whole society must behave like the ruler of a totalitarian state.

We have taken another convincing step on this path today,” says Former President Giorgi Margvelashvili.