Georgian Dream leaders call Saakashvili's condition from the court a 'simulation'
By Liza Mchedlidze
Friday, December 23, 2022
Mamuka Mdinaradze, chairman of the Georgian Dream party, told journalists that he does not believe Saakashvili's condition is so severe that "he can't brush his hair to the side" or "shave his beard".
According to him, today, the majority of the population of Georgia exposed the prisoner in the simulation.
"Do you also believe that Mikheil Saakashvili's condition is so serious that he couldn't comb his hair to the side and shave his beard? I don't believe it, and neither does the vast majority of the population of Georgia, who today, once again, exposed a prisoner in the simulations who decided to deceive the public in this way. He lied all his life and had the Georgian people in stress and torture, and today only the resource of lying is left, and the absolute majority of the population of Georgia today thinks that if he brushed his hair to the side, did not grow a beard and did not pretend to be dying, he had the absolute resource for this. In my opinion, I agree with the opinion of the public that this person is simulating dirty. When I saw the previous footage and today's footage, after that, I got even more of this belief, based on the fact that I see what he is doing - acting," Mdinaradze said.
According to Mamuka Mdinaradze, when they talk about post-traumatic stress disorder, Mikheil Saakashvili has always had it.
"This person has always had the disorder in general, what caused the post-trauma, here is 'fake'. He did not receive any injuries, he was not tortured, he is placed in a two-room 'suite' and despite such a long monologue, you still cannot name the diagnosis, which according to the Georgian legislation can be the basis for the release of this person," Mdinaradze told reporters.
Chairman of the Georgian Dream, Irakli Kobakhidze, also called Saakashvili's condition as 'simulation', similarly to his colleague Mdinarradze. He said that the footage of Mikheil Saakashvili from the trial "was a very inept simulation."
"Today we saw another simulation, although it seems that simulation also takes talent and this was a very poor simulation. As for the visuals of it, it is no different from the footage that was released by the Ministry of Justice a few days ago and it was footage taken 2 days ago," said Kobakhidze.
According to Kobakhidze, Saakashvili is on a 'selective diet' and has undergone stomach surgery, "which also caused weight loss."
"He's on a selective diet, which has caused weight loss, and he's had stomach surgery, which has also caused weight loss. That's the only thing we can see from this visual. The rest, as far as medical evidence goes, has to be confirmed by a diagnosis, and no diagnosis has been published. All this proves that this is a clear simulation and a very incompetent simulation, which we saw among them on TV today," said Kobakhidze.
