Saakashvili refuses to be questioned via video conference
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The ex-President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili is refusing to be questioned via video-conference after he failed to appear for a court summons.
Saakashvili was summoned to appear at the Chief Prosecutor’s Office yesterday to be questioned on several high-profile cases but he did not show up. The Office then gave him the possibility of testifying via video conference from abroad, which he denied, Rustavi 2 television reported.
The ex-President made his statement about the Chief Prosecutor's Office's offer in Kiev after meeting with the former PM of Ukrine Julia Timoshenko.
"It seems [the Georgian Government] has become afraid of international pressure and now they changed forms of investigating since the Europeans and Americans explained it to them well,” Saakshvili explained.
He told Timoshenko this was a good example how 'these kind of campaigns' usually end: "iIt ends badly,” he suggested.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia proposed ex-President Mikheil Saakasvili can answer investigator’s questions via video conference so he does not have to return to Georgia.
Saakashvili was given a week to decide his next steps. The proposal was send to the ex-President according to existing standards.
"The Chief Prosecutor’s Office hopes the former President will respect his status and act as a law-abiding citizen and will assist in resolving of crimes through his testimony. That will help to punish the criminals, whoever they might be,” underlined the Prosecutor’s spokesperson at a last night’s media briefing.
The special press conference announced details on the possible idea of questioning Saakashvili online.
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