Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili made a statement after the Tbilisi City Court hearing on the case of Mikheil Saakashvili, which did not satisfy the request of his lawyers.< /strong>
She noted that the ex-president of Georgia cannot be released even in case of a pardon, because he is accused in three more cases. She stressed that the country's reputation has suffered on this issue, trust has been shaken, and Georgia's place in the new geopolitical situation has become uncertain.
Georgia is a hostage to a single issue
On February 6, the Tbilisi City Court did not satisfy the request of the lawyers of imprisoned Ukrainian citizen Mikheil Saakashvili for early dismissal for health reasons.
After the court verdict, the President of Georgia published a statement on this verdict on her Facebook page .
According to her, she cannot discuss the fairness or unfairness of the court decision in the Mikheil Saakashvili case, but the country suffers incredible reputational losses on this issue.
Georgia is a hostage to this single issue. Today, all other important issues for us are not even discussed at the public level. she emphasized.
The President also noted that confidence in the country has been shaken, and she blames the party in power and the opposition for this. According to Zurabishvili, the unprecedented discrediting of the country continues, which “impedes the proper development of our relations with our partners.” “ltr”>At the same time, the members of the European Parliament also made a statement on the decision of the Tbilisi City Court.
“We, the MEPs who sign below, express our deep disappointment and regret at the indifference of the Georgian authorities to the rapidly deteriorating state of health of former President Mikheil Saakashvili,” MEP Petras Au's Office said in a statement.
What is known about Mikheil Saakashvili's state of health
- Screenshots of a live broadcast from court hearings where you can see how badly he looks. Saakashvili complained to the judge about his poor health and showed how critically he had lost weight.
- In Odessa, people went to a rally to support Mikheil Saakashvili, who was imprisoned in Georgia. The activists demanded the release of the politician and the ex-head of the Odessa Regional State Administration.
- Deputy of the Georgian Parliament Khatia Dekanoidze is convinced that the ex-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili was poisoned and this could not have happened without the participation of the current Georgian authorities. According to her, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin may be involved in the poisoning, he considers Saakashvili his enemy.
