The possible pardon of former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili will be meaningless due to other criminal cases, Georgia’s acting prime minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, said on the Imedi television channel.
“Even if (the President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili) will forgive Saakashvili, but will remain in preventive detention. Apart from this, there are other cases filed against him. Consequently, Salomé Zurabishvili’s forgiveness of Mikheil Saakashvili has no practical importance.” – TASS quotes Kobakhidze.
In 2021, Saakashvili arrived in Georgia. He was arrested and a criminal case was opened for illegally crossing the border with Georgia.