Even if the current president of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, pardons former president Mikheil Saakashvili, the general secretary of the Georgian Dream, Kakha Kaladze, will not be released from prison.
“As far as I know, other important cases against Saakashvili are being considered, and the president’s pardon loses its meaning from the point of view that even if she makes such a decision, he will not be able to be released, since other important cases have been brought against him,” – said Kaladze.
Saakashvili serves sentence for beating a deputy Valeria Gelashvili and pardon those convicted of the murder of a bank employee Sandro Girgvliani. Additionally, the Tbilisi City Court is considering cases against him for embezzlement of public funds and dispersal of a protest rally on November 7, 2007. Another case has been filed against Saakashvili for illegally crossing the border, which he committed in the fall of 2021. That was when he was detained in Tbilisi.
In October it became known that another criminal case could be opened against Saakashvili for blowing up an opponent’s car in 2016. Givi Targamadze. The prosecution reported that Saakashvili testified. David Khechuashviliconvicted of the attempted murder of Targamadze.
As reported EADailyIn conclusion, Sakaashvili went on hunger strike. He was transferred from prison to a private medical clinic in Tbilisi. Foreign doctors visited him and told him he was dying, gave him 30 diagnoses and claimed he was poisoned. In this sense, the opposition, the Ukrainian and European authorities demanded the release of Saakashvili or his transfer to Ukraine or Poland. However, prison authorities responded by saying that Saakashvili was faking his illness; He was not hungry, but rather followed a low-calorie diet. Saakashvili’s efforts did not lead to his release and he has recently become noticeably stronger.
The prisoner continues in a comfortable and separate room. From the clinic he leads an active political life, giving interviews, maintaining pages on social networks, writing articles and periodically asking Zurabishvili to release him under amnesty.
