Former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia's Party 'For Georgia' Calls for Transfer of Mikheil Saakashvili to Penitentiary
By Liza Mchedlidze
Friday, December 22, 2023
The political party 'For Georgia', founded by the former prime minister Giorgi Gakharia, called on the ruling team to transfer Mikheil Saakashvili to the penitentiary.
Mikheil Daushvili, a member of the party, asserted that Mikheil Saakashvili is being provided with the opportunity to make political statements during court hearings, violating the Criminal Procedure Code.
"We want to inform the public that there is a special operation organized by today's 'Dream' for the survival and reunification of the United National Movement. This operation is being carried out using the Chinchaladze-Murusidze court system, which is sanctioned for corruption.
Mikheil Saakashvili, accused of exceeding his official authority, is obligated to provide answers to justice. This includes explaining incidents such as the attack by special forces and the shutdown of the 'Imedi' TV station, which was critical of the government at the time.
During yesterday's court session, he conducted a live party meeting from the chamber, issued assignments, discussed the plan for the reunification of the 'National Movement,' and made statements in Ukrainian. In other words, he addressed circumstances unrelated to the criminal case under consideration. According to the criminal procedure legislation of Georgia, he does not have the right to do so, and at such a time, the judge should intervene and stop him," Daushvili stated.
He asserted that a citizen of a foreign country, currently facing charges and imprisoned, is actively involved in national political processes, a practice forbidden by the law. He added that the 'Georgian Dream' not only refrains from prohibiting such involvement but even allows it.
Tina Bokuchava, one of the leaders of the United National Movement, responded to this statement by asserting that President Saakashvili is Putin's prisoner. She added that everyone remembers the instances where the eyes of Georgian citizens were 'gouged out' in praise of Putin.
Bokuchava stated that the statement from the 'For Georgia' party answers several questions.
"When you are attacking Putin's personal prisoner and you have a Russian government in the country under the leadership of a Russian oligarch, in whose service you were in the recent past, this statement answers many questions. President Saakashvili is Putin's prisoner, and everyone remembers who gouged out the eyes of Georgian citizens to praise Putin," said Bokuchava.
