Civil activists questioned at Tbilisi City Court on alleged plan to overthrow gov’t
Six civil activists have been questioned earlier today at Tbilisi City Court regarding an alleged plan to ‘overthrow the government.’ Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Six civil activists from Free Zone and Shecvale (Change) organisations have been questioned earlier today at Tbilisi City Court regarding an alleged plan to ‘overthrow the government.’
The SSS reported that the activists plotted to obstruct Saakashvili’s transfer to a prison clinic by blocking the roads, which would lead to civil unrest and the ultimate overthrow of the government.
However, all the activists deny the allegations against them.
Free Zone activist Maia Mindiashvili said that a few days before the run-off municipal elections, the activists had a discussion on how to prevent Saakashvili’s transfer to a prison hospital. However, she said, there were no plans of overthrowing the government.
If someone is planning to do something, it happens behind the scenes, not involving cell phones… What does this have to do with unrest? If blocking the roads implies unrest, then I don’t know, Mindiashvili added.
The SSS launched an investigation on October 29 about an alleged plan to overthrow the government.
The investigative body published an audio file allegedly recorded at the presidential library of Saakashvili, in which the supporters of the largest opposition party United National Movement (UNM) discuss ways to obstruct Saakashvili's transfer to a prison clinic.
The SSS head Grigol Liluashvili has said earlier that the authenticity of the audio file has been confirmed by the participants of the conversation, stating that ‘the case contains signs of a criminal offense.’
Georgian Minister of Justice Rati Bregadze has dismissed the fears of the opposition that ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, who was arrested in Tbilisi on October 1, would face threats if taken to a prison hospital for treatment instead of a civic one.
The head of the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) Grigol Liluashvili has stated earlier today that ‘interesting facts and proceedings await us ahead’ following the disclosure of an alleged plan to overthrow the government involving the obstruction of ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili’s transfer to the prison hospital who has been on hunger strike since October 1.
Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze says that ‘all safety and other conditions’ are ensured for former president Mikheil Saakashvili in Rustavi Prison No.12, and, if there is a necessity, the former president will be helicoptered to a clinic.
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