One of opposition leaders released after admitting attack on police
Davit Kirkitadze headed a Sports and Youth Department of Tbilisi City Hall between 2002 and 2003 and was the Secretary General of the United National Movement in 2006-2008. Photo: IPN.
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Former state official, now a member of the United National Movement opposition David Kirkitadze has admitted an attack on police on the President’s inauguration day in December 2018 and was released in plea bargain earlier today.
The judge said that Kirkitadze was only sentenced to two year home-arrest.
The plea bargain is an agreement in a criminal case between the defendant and the plaintiff when the defendant agrees to plead guilty to a charge in return of some concessions from the plaintiff.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia Kirkitadze detained Kirkitadze for verbally and physically insulting the police and damage of property during the clash between law enforcers and the opposition activists in the Kakheti region of Georgia on the inauguration day of the president, on December 16, 2018.
The Ministry also released a video reflecting the incident.
The opposition was stating that Kirkitadze was illegally detained and that he was a political prisoner.
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has detained a member of the United National Movement opposition, former state official David Kirkitadze for verbally and physically abusing the police and damage of property during the clash between law enforcers and opposition activists on the presidential inauguration day.
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The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia has launched criminal proceedings against David Kirkitadze, MP for the United National Movement opposition party, with the charge related to a physical confrontation between the parliament member and protesters in the city of Rustavi before the October 2021 municipal elections.
Rustavi City Court has set bail at 5,000 GEL ($1,600/€1,400) for United National Movement (UNM) opposition party MP David Kirkitadze, who is charged with assaulting protesters in the city in October, ahead of the 2021 municipal election runoff.