Droa opposition leader Khoshtaria refuses to take medication while on hunger strike
Droa leader Elene Khoshtaria has been on hunger strike for 17 days. Photo: Elene Khoshtaria’s Facebook page.
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Droa opposition party leader Elene Khoshtaria has stated that she will not take medication to maintain strength on the 17th day of her hunger strike as former president Mikheil Saakashvili reportedly fainted in a prison hospital yesterday and he was still not brought to a civil clinic.
Khoshtaria, who is on hunger strike in the parliament building of Georgia, is demanding Saakashvili’s transfer to a civil clinic ‘for proper treatment.’
Doctors say that Saakashvili’s condition is stable now after yesterday’s incident on the 49th day of his hunger strike.
Last night I was expecting that the government would take Saakashvili to a civil clinic. He is in a critical condition. That is why I decided not to take any medication,” Khoshtaria said.
Ruling Georgian Dream party MPs including party head Irakli Kobakhidze have visited Khoshtaria on hunger strike and stated that they are ‘concerned’ about Khoshtaria’s health and have publicly called on her to end her hunger strike.
Kobakhidze further said that he is more concerned about Khoshtaria’s health than about Saakashvili’s ‘who is staging a show with his hunger strike.’
???? @Helenkhosh, on the 17th day of hunger-strike, just announced she will STOP taking IV & and any medical treatment needed to keep her life stable.
— Droa (@MovementDroa) November 19, 2021
This decision comes after Saakashvili’s worsening, critical condition & govt’s refusal to transfer him to a civic hospital.
In her previous statement, Khoshtaria said that she disliked many of Saakashvili’s decisions while in power. However, she said that the government’s attitude towards Saakashvili’s health is ‘unacceptable’, and that is why she decided to protest.
The government and the ruling party officials say that Saakashvili and the opposition have plans to cause unrest if Saakashvili is brought to a civil clinic.
They also state that if the unrest takes place, it may pose threats to Saakashvili’s life and health.
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.
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The former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili who is currently on a hunger strike in prison hospital has reportedly fainted during a meeting with his lawyers. Saakashvili's lawyer Nika Gvaramia has confirmed to the media that the former president was assisted by doctors and is now 'fine.'
Head of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party Irakli Kobakhidze has accused a medical panel invited by public advocate Nino Lomjaria of coming to a ‘fake conclusion’ about the health of former president Mikheil Saakashvili, stating that this may cause legal trouble for Lomjaria.
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Droa opposition party leader Elene Khoshtaria has decided to stop her 17-day hunger strike today after former president Mikheil Saakashvili was offered transfer to Gori military hospital by the Ministry of Justice. Khoshtaria, who was on hunger strike in the parliament building of Georgia, was demanding Saakashvili’s transfer to a civil clinic ‘for proper treatment.’
The Droa opposition party leader Elene Khoshtaria, who has ended her hunger strike after 17 days, is reportedly ‘stable’ and under medical supervision. Khoshtaria stopped her protest last night after her demand to transfer the ex-president from a prison hospital to a multifunctional clinic was met.