The News in Brief
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Prepared by Messenger Staff
President of France Awards Nino Lomjaria with National Order of Honor
Former Public Defender of Georgia Nino Lomjaria was awarded the National Order of Honor by French President Emmanuel Macron. The information was released by the French Embassy in Georgia.
According to the embassy, this award was given to the former ombudsman for the role she played in the field of democracy.
"Today, the French Ambassador to Georgia, Ms. Sheraz Ghasri, met with the former Public Defender of Georgia, Ms. Nino Lomjaria, to inform her that the French President, Mr. Macron, awarded her with the National Order of Honor.
This award will be given to Ms. Lomjaria for the important role she played at the head of one of the pillars of Georgian democracy. We sincerely congratulate her," the statement of the French Embassy reads.
Saakashvili's Lawyer: We Are Not Thinking about Strasbourg, Decision must be delivered to Us First and We Will Appeal in Court
Shalva Khachapuridze, the lawyer of the former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, said they are not thinking about Strasbourg yet, but plan to appeal to the Tbilisi Court of Appeals.
"We are not thinking of Strasbourg. The decision should be handed over to Mr. Giorgi Arevadze, we will appeal it to the Tbilisi Court of Appeals and at the same time we will think about what further actions and measures should be taken.
You know that during the trial the penitentiary service denied the episodes of Saakashvili's fainting, etc. However, in the footage that was broadcast from the penitentiary, the public saw that Saakashvili had a number of fainting episodes.
The rest of the footage is yet to be delivered, we will receive it, hopefully, this week and after that, we will think about exhausting the internal state resources from start to finish. He is in a worse situation than that today, and we will have this footage very soon, in two or three days, and we will show this to the public," said Khachapuridze.
President of France Awards Nino Lomjaria with National Order of Honor
According to the embassy, this award was given to the former ombudsman for the role she played in the field of democracy.
"Today, the French Ambassador to Georgia, Ms. Sheraz Ghasri, met with the former Public Defender of Georgia, Ms. Nino Lomjaria, to inform her that the French President, Mr. Macron, awarded her with the National Order of Honor.
This award will be given to Ms. Lomjaria for the important role she played at the head of one of the pillars of Georgian democracy. We sincerely congratulate her," the statement of the French Embassy reads.
Saakashvili's Lawyer: We Are Not Thinking about Strasbourg, Decision must be delivered to Us First and We Will Appeal in Court
"We are not thinking of Strasbourg. The decision should be handed over to Mr. Giorgi Arevadze, we will appeal it to the Tbilisi Court of Appeals and at the same time we will think about what further actions and measures should be taken.
You know that during the trial the penitentiary service denied the episodes of Saakashvili's fainting, etc. However, in the footage that was broadcast from the penitentiary, the public saw that Saakashvili had a number of fainting episodes.
The rest of the footage is yet to be delivered, we will receive it, hopefully, this week and after that, we will think about exhausting the internal state resources from start to finish. He is in a worse situation than that today, and we will have this footage very soon, in two or three days, and we will show this to the public," said Khachapuridze.