State Inspector questions man charged with threatening ruling party MP
Member of political movement Lelo Vakhtang Robakidze has accused police of physically attacking him on January 20 after he was detained for verbally insulting an MP.
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Member of political movement Lelo Vakhtang Robakidze has been questioned by the State Inspector’s Office, an independent agency which investigates alleged offences committed by law enforcers, as Robakidze Has accused police of physically attacking him after being detained.
Robakidze, who is charged with verbally insulting ruling party MP Anri Okhanashvili in the presence of his [Okhanashvili’s] three underage children and threatening him on January 14, 2020 told Mtavari Arkhi on January 20 that a policeman hit him in the stomach after he was detained.
The same day the State Inspector’s Office launched investigating the possible violence by police.
I gave them [the State Inspector’s Office] a detailed information regarding the incident. I believe that the information provided by me would be sufficient for revealing the truth regarding the violence against me,” Robakhidze says.
Robakidze, who was sent to three-day detention by Akhaltsikhe court on January 15, says that he called Okhanashvili "a traitor of the country and verbally attacked” him in one of the cafes in Bakuriani resort.
On January 19 the court released Robakidze on 7,000 GEL($2,400) bail.
The Georgian Interior Ministry reported on January 15 that Robakidze, who previously was a member of the Georgian Dream ruling party, disobeyed police officers who arrived at the scene after Okhanashvili phoned them.
Political unity Lelo for Georgia has demanded the State Inspector’s office investigate the recent murder of 24-year-old Murad Tsurtsumia who died in an incident involving Interior Ministry employee Zurab Popkhadze.
Member of the Lelo Movement Vakhtang Robakidze, who previously was a member of the ruling Georgian Dream party, has been detained for attacking ruling party MP Anri Okhanashvili in the presence of the latter’s three, underage children in a restaurant in Bakuriani yesterday.
A new, independent agency, the State Inspector’s Office, which replaced the Personal Data Protection Inspector’s Office back in July 2019, will begin its function to investigate possible crimes committed by law enforcers and state officials starting November 1.An event was held earlier today to mark the upcoming launch of the work of the agency and was attended by top Georgian officials.
The government of Georgia has allowed for the creation of the State Inspector’s Service that will study alleged offences committed by law enforcers, a decision that has long been requested by the civil sector and the opposition.
The State Inspector’s Service launched criminal prosecution against five law enforcers in 2019 throughout Georgia, the State Inspector Londa Toloraia said while delivering an annual report to members of parliament earlier today.