Saakashvili’s son asks Georgian gov’t to transfer his father to civil hospital

“What is happening now has gone beyond even political justice and turned into very dangerous and ugly retribution. We face either indifference or, in the worse case, premeditated murder,” Eduard Saakashvili says. Photo: video grab.

Agenda.ge, 16 Nov 2021 - 12:01, Tbilisi,Georgia

The son of former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, Eduard Saakashvili, has released a video address in which he asks the Government of Georgia to transfer the ex-president to a civil hospital, noting that his father ‘is in danger.’

He also stated that he was dismayed by the way his father was treated following his arrest, saying that ‘the humiliation and horrible footage has indelibly imprinted in my memory.’

When my father was arrested, I sincerely thought that he would be given proper conditions, treated with dignity and that his health would not be endangered but what happened happened and we saw what we saw,” Saakashvili said.

He addressed the supporters of the ruling party, stating that he ‘sincerely wants the time to come when society will evaluate the past together, objectively and in a balanced way.’

What is happening now has gone beyond even political justice and turned into very dangerous and ugly retribution. We face either indifference or, in the worse case, premeditated murder,” Eduard Saakashvili says.

Saakashvili, who has been on hunger strike for 46 days, said several days ago that he is ready to stop his hunger strike if he is brought to a multi-profile civil hospital that will provide medical care in the post-hunger strike period. 

The ex-president’s decision was preceded by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) interim judgement which urged Saakashvili to call off the hunger strike.

The Union of Georgian Medical Associations demanded the former president’s transfer to a civil clinic to ‘save his life.’