Droa leader on hunger strike: If I’m not on verge of death, I won’t take medication
Droa opposition party leader, Elene Khoshtaria, went on hunger strike on November 3 in the parliament building of Georgia. Photo: IPN.
Tweet 
Share
Droa opposition party leader, Elene Khoshtaria, who has been on hunger strike for seven days in solidarity with former president Mikheil Saakashvili, says that she will not take medication until a doctor tells her that her life is at risk and she may die.
Khoshtaria is demanding Saakashvili’s transportation to a civil clinic, and has ‘no plans’ to stop her hunger strike until the demand is fulfilled by the Georgian Dream government.
I will take only medications if there is no other way. I will not stop my hunger strike. I will not surrender. I will fight to the end to achieve the goal,” Khoshtaria said earlier today.
Khoshtaria fainted yesterday due to hunger strike in the parliament building of Georgia, and doctors advised her to receive medical care in a clinic, which she declined.
UPDATE: Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia just announced #Saakashvili is being transferred to #Gldani prison hospital.
— Droa (@MovementDroa) November 8, 2021
Doctors & the @Ombudsman_Geo have stated multiple times that prison hospitals do not satisfy conditions to treat the third President. https://t.co/a1E1r1QnDY
Although Khoshtaria went on a hunger strike in solidarity with Saakashvili, she claims that she is ‘strongly against’ the former president returning to power.
Khoshtaria was nominated as a joint candidate for the head of Tbilisi City Assembly by the United National Movement, European Georgia, Girchi-More Freedom and Droa opposition parties in recent municipal elections.
She left the European Georgia opposition party back in December 2020, shortly after the October 2020 parliamentary elections, to create a new political movement.
Khoshtaria has refused to take up her parliamentary mandate which she received via the party list of the European Georgia opposition party in the 2020 parliamentary elections.
She maintains that elections were fabricated by the ruling Georgian Dream party, and refuses to enter the state legislature in protest.
Doctor of arrested ex-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, who is currently serving a prison term, says a medical council has agreed to transfer him to a civil hospital following the deterioration in his health.
Leader of the Droa opposition party Elene Khoshtaria fainted earlier today in parliament, likely due to the hunger strike she announced six days ago demanding former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili’s transfer from prison to a private hospital. Paramedics recommended hospitalisation for Khoshtaria, which she rejected.
Droa opposition party leader, Elene Khoshtaria, who has been on hunger strike for six days while demanding the transfer of former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili to a civil clinic, says that she is ‘strongly against’ Saakashvili returning to power.
The Lelo parliamentary opposition party has offered the government to launch negotiations with the opposition ‘immediately’ to prevent further escalation of the political situation and find a way out of the ‘existing crisis.’
Head of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party, Irakli Kobakhidze, says that the United National Movement (UNM) opposition party has discussed the possibility of poisoning the leader of the Droa opposition party, Elene Khoshtaria, to further strain political tension.