The Georgian Ministry of Justice explained that this is necessary for the safety of the expresident himself.
The Ministry of Justice of Georgia made a recommendation to conduct judicial meetings on the case of former President Mikheil Saakashvili directly in the prison of the Georgian city of Rustavi, where he is kept without transporting him to the courtroom.
This was announced by the Minister of Justice of Georgia Rati Bregadze on the air of the Rustavi-2 TV channel, reports “Georgia Online”.
He explains this recommendation by the fact that Saakashvili may be in danger outside the penitentiary.
institution number 12, because he may be in danger. his defense, as well as the protection of law and order, “- said the minister.
The court session is scheduled for November 10. It will consider the case of dispersal of the opposition rally on November 7, 2007 and the storming of the Imedi TV company. In addition to Saakashvili, former Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava is involved in this case, as well as several people who headed the republic's departments, among them David Kezerashvili, who served as Minister of Defense, former Interior Minister Ivan Merabishvili and former Minister of Justice Zurab Aderab.
Recall that Mikheil Saakashvili was detained on October 1 in Georgia, where he returned shortly before the first round of municipal elections. The former president is in prison in the city of Rustavi, where he went on a hunger strike and calls himself a political prisoner.
