Court sends 2 to pre-trial detention for bribing, coercing late Isani district election commission head
Law enforcers detained Akaki Khuskivadze and Akaki Kobaladze after Tevdore Gobejishvili was found dead in his apartment on November 7. Photo: 1TV.ge.
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Tbilisi City Court has sent Akaki Khuskivadze and Akaki Kobaladze to pre-trial detention for bribing and coercing the late head of Isani No.5 district Election Commission Tevdore Gobejishvili.
On November 6 the two individuals in the name of the United National Movement (UNM) opposition party, offered the late Gobejishvili a bribe of $50,000 to step down from his position and make a statement about the supposedly rigged elections”, reads an official statement released by the Tbilisi City Court.
The court says that Khuskivadze and Kobaladze threatened Gobejishvili with imprisonment and physical abuse of his family members if he refused to make the statement.
Law enforcers detained Khuskivadze and Kobaladze after Tevdore Gobejishvili was found dead in his apartment on November 7.
The pre-trial session on the case will be held on December 30.
After Gobejishvili was found dead in his home, the ruling Georgian Dream party member Giorgi Khelashvili stated at a news briefing that Gobejishvili was threatened by opposition UNM supporters and urged for an investigation into the case.
Denying the allegations, UNM member Zaal Udumashvili said the detained individuals are ‘political hostages’ and that the Georgian Dream should not be using ‘human tragedies’ for its own political purposes.
The ruling Georgian Dream party has again called on opposition politicians to move the political processes from ‘destructive’ street protests to negotiations with the involvement of international partners.
Georgian police have detained two individuals for offering a bribe to the head of the Isani No. 5 district election commission (DEC) on behalf of a political political party, asking him to step down from his position and claim that the recent parliamentary elections were rigged.
Nine people, including the three opposition United Georgia party members, have been detained during the clashes with police at the Saburtalo and Isani district election commissions (DECs) in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. Opposition politicians and their supporters have gathered at various DECs in Tbilisi and regions where the election administration is reviewing the election-related appeals.
All eight opposition parties who crossed the one per cent election threshold in the October 31 parliament elections have signed an agreement earlier today not to take up their mandates in parliament. 12 other opposition parties, who were unable to enter the legislative body, also signed the agreement and stated that the elections ‘were not legitimate as they were fabricated.’ All 20 signatory parties have stated that they will continue to fight against the government.
Akaki Khuskivadze and Akaki Kobaladze, charged with offering a bribe and coercing the late head of Isani No. 5 district election commission (DEC) Tevdore Gobejishvili have each been released on 10,000 GEL bail.