The News in Brief
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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Saakashvili only receives food provided by his trusted persons, Minister of Justice says
The Minister of Justice of Georgia, Rati Bregadze, was asked about the possible poisoning of former president Mikheil Saakashvili. The information was first spread by Saakashvili's lawyers. In response to a question regarding the possible poisoning of Mikheil Saakashvili, Bregadze called the statement 'immoral':
"If someone dares to make a similar statement that a doctor might poison someone, it is completely immoral," he said.
According to him, Saakashvili is supplied with medicines by doctors and food by people who are trusted by him.
"Medicaments are naturally provided by medical personnel, and we have seen a number of slanderous campaigns about this, which can be considered as illegal interference in the work of a doctor. Therefore, if someone dares to make a similar statement about the doctor, that the doctor might poison someone, it is completely immoral.
As for the food - the convicted Saakashvili is provided only the food that is provided to him by his trusted persons, these are family members and also other persons to whom he has expressed his consent. Therefore, when someone dares to talk about food or medicine, he should be kind and draw appropriate conclusions about whom he is talking about," said Rati Bregadze.
Nino Tsilosani: lost lives of dozens of women do not allow us to be calm
The member of the majority, Nino Tsilosani, spoke about violence against women at the plenary session of the Parliament.
According to her, the Gender Equality Council of the Parliament of Georgia joined the campaign against gender-based violence against women, which will be held for 16 days from November 25.
"There is a golden model for defeating this terrible form of violence - appropriate change in legislation and its subsequent effective enforcement, mental changes about the roles of women in society, as well as breaking stereotyped attitudes through the education system and continuous reforms.
Every year, about 10,000 restraining orders are issued in Georgia, and the lives of dozens of lost women do not allow us to rest. However, we have taken a number of important steps, starting from legislative changes, to harmonization with the Istanbul Convention, and this has given us the fact that the number of restraining orders is increasing every year, which we and the sector appreciate as a positive trend. Because violence should not remain hidden, because the direct victims of violence are women, but at the same time the victims of violence are children," said Tsilosani.
She called on the society to join forces to fight both violence against women and violence in general.
Saakashvili only receives food provided by his trusted persons, Minister of Justice says
"If someone dares to make a similar statement that a doctor might poison someone, it is completely immoral," he said.
According to him, Saakashvili is supplied with medicines by doctors and food by people who are trusted by him.
"Medicaments are naturally provided by medical personnel, and we have seen a number of slanderous campaigns about this, which can be considered as illegal interference in the work of a doctor. Therefore, if someone dares to make a similar statement about the doctor, that the doctor might poison someone, it is completely immoral.
As for the food - the convicted Saakashvili is provided only the food that is provided to him by his trusted persons, these are family members and also other persons to whom he has expressed his consent. Therefore, when someone dares to talk about food or medicine, he should be kind and draw appropriate conclusions about whom he is talking about," said Rati Bregadze.
Nino Tsilosani: lost lives of dozens of women do not allow us to be calm
According to her, the Gender Equality Council of the Parliament of Georgia joined the campaign against gender-based violence against women, which will be held for 16 days from November 25.
"There is a golden model for defeating this terrible form of violence - appropriate change in legislation and its subsequent effective enforcement, mental changes about the roles of women in society, as well as breaking stereotyped attitudes through the education system and continuous reforms.
Every year, about 10,000 restraining orders are issued in Georgia, and the lives of dozens of lost women do not allow us to rest. However, we have taken a number of important steps, starting from legislative changes, to harmonization with the Istanbul Convention, and this has given us the fact that the number of restraining orders is increasing every year, which we and the sector appreciate as a positive trend. Because violence should not remain hidden, because the direct victims of violence are women, but at the same time the victims of violence are children," said Tsilosani.
She called on the society to join forces to fight both violence against women and violence in general.