MEP Fotyga in Georgia, MEP Cramon slams gov’t for Saakashvili’s prison-transfer videos
MEP Viola von Cramon says that the Georgian Dream government ‘ is more and more resembling’ to the previous United National Movement government.
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MEP Anna Fotyga has come to Georgia to see former president Mikheil Saakashvili in Gldani Prison No.18 hospital, while MEP Viola von Cramon has criticized the Georgian Dream government for the release of videos yesterday which show the transfer of Saakashvili from Rustavi prison to Gldani on Monday, on his 39th day of hunger strike.
- Footage released showing Saakashvili’s transfer to a prison clinic [VIDEO
- More footage of Saakashvili released on his way to prison hospital [VIDEO]
Cramon has tweeted that spreading the videos by the Georgian government was ‘deplorable.’
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— Viola von Cramon (@ViolavonCramon) November 11, 2021
????????Appalled by ill treatment of ex-president #Saakashvili in prison. Spreading these videos by @GovernmentGeo is deplorable. The case becomes increasingly political and @GeorgianDream41 more and more resembles the previous government. #Georgia deserves better.
EU Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell stated earlier today that he could not see the necessity of spreading the videos which show how Saakashvili resists his transfer to the prison hospital, insults the medical and prison personnel and then is forcibly taken down from an emergency vehicle and brought to the prison hospital.
Hartzell stated that spreading such videos do not help to discharge current political tension in Georgia.
Georgian opposition parties have also slammed the government ‘for inhuman treatment’ to Saakashvili and stated that spreading the videos was ‘more than shameful which made the enemy happy.’
The Georgian Justice minister said that the goal to spread the videos was to show that it was Saakashvili and not the prison staff who violated the law and insulted others.