PM Garibashvili on leaked files: every traitor, author of dirty conspiracy will be punished
Ruling party chair Irakli Kobakhidze called the leaked files 'fabricated'. Photo; Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has called the recent leakage of files against clerics and politicians 'a direct conspiracy' aimed to cause misunderstanding between the church and the state.
There is a very strong and solid unity between the government and the church and this will be always be so”, PM Garibashvili said earlier today.
The Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into the release of alleged files leaked from Georgia’s State Security Service (SSS).
Speaking about the people who may be standing behind the leakage of the files, Irakli Garibashvili said, the prosecution will find the answers to this question through its investigation.
Every traitor and author of this dirty conspiracy will be strictly punished’, he said.
Calling the files ‘fabricated’, ruling party chair Irakli Kobakhidze believes the opposition United National Movement (UNM) stands behind the files.
Georgian media outlets have received files, which allegedly contained data obtained via illegal surveillance since 2014, under the Georgian Dream government.
Some of the files pointed at alleged crimes like sexual relations with minors, taking bribes in exchange for mediation to pardon an inmate, spying for Russia and other crimes.
The ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party says that the United National Movement (UNM) opposition party has plans to release secret recordings of the private life of public figures ‘or their fabrication’ from abroad in the coming days to spark tension ahead of the October 2 municipal elections.
The Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into the release of alleged files on clerics and politicians leaked from Georgia’s State Security Service (SSS). The Prosecutor’s Office has urged everyone, including media outlets, which have the files to cooperate with investigators.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has responded to the release of alleged files on clerics and politicians leaked from Georgia’s State Security Service (SSS), stating that it is a ‘dirty provocation of the United National Movement (UNM) opposition party against state institutions.’He said that the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) is ‘well-aware’ of the UNM goal to ‘undermine state institutions and damage the country’s image.’
Georgian media outlets have received files allegedly leaked from the country’s State Security Service (SSS), which contain personal data on clerics. The media outlets received a link to the files earlier today from ‘Hakim Pasha,’ titled 'Georgian State Security Sevice’s compromising materials against Patriarchate.’
Police are looking into the authenticity of allegedly leaked files on clerics and politicians from the State Security Service (SSS) which surfaced on September 13. Georgian media outlets received thousands of files titled 'Georgian State Security Sevice’s compromising materials against Patriarchate’ online from an unidentified sender which contain data of possible illegal surveillance by the state body.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated that the release of alleged leaked files on clerics from Georgia’s State Security Service (SSS) is a conspiracy against the state and the church. Garibashvili said that the country’s opposition ‘launched a dirty campaign’ against the Patriarchate and church a year ago, noting that ‘their main goal is to discredit the church, the army, the police in order to demoralise them.’