Updated: Droa Leader transferred to hospital for rehabilitation after she stopped hunger strike
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Updated at 20:50
Droa opposition party leader Elene Khoshtaria has been transferred to the clinic New Hospitals in Tbilisi for rehabilitation after she stopped her 17-day hunger strike.
Earlier at 17:15
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.
Saakashvili’s transfer to Gori military hospital is an outcome in the situation, and that is why I decided to stop the hunger strike,” Khoshtaria said.
Rati Bregadze offers prisoner Mikheil Saakashvili to be transferred to Abramishvili Gori Military Hospital. The Minister made a statement at a briefing today:
— Justice Ministry GEO (@Justice_geo) November 19, 2021
"In the interests of human life and health, this is a place where his health and safety will be protected by the state.” pic.twitter.com/yc1NCVTVwM
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 opposition United National Movement party, which is now holding a rally in central Tbilisi, says that they are waiting for Saakashvili’s decision on the transfer.
????????Relieved to hear that @Helenkhosh stopped hunger strike. I was very worried about #Khoshtaria's health. Now its Mr #Saakashvili's turn to follow the example. @GovernmentGeo should urgently transfer ex-president to the relevant health facility & opposition should remain peaceful
— Viola von Cramon (@ViolavonCramon) November 19, 2021
Saakashvili has been on hunger strike since his arrest in Tbilisi on October 1.
He reportedly fainted in Gldani Prison No.18 hospital yesterday.
Saakashvili being transferred to a military hospital in #Gori - that is fully equipped with necessary medical facilities - fulfills my one and only request. Therefore, I am now ending my 17th day of a hungerstrike.
— Helen Khoshtaria (@Helenkhosh) November 19, 2021
Georgian Public Defender Nino Lomjaria has advised Saakashvili to stop his hunger strike following the offer of the Justice Ministry.
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 was ‘unacceptable’, and that is why she decided to protest.
The government and the ruling party officials say that Saakashvili and the opposition had plans to cause unrest if Saakashvili was brought to a civil clinic.
They also state that if the unrest took place, it might have posed threats to Saakashvili’s life and health.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has welcomed the decision of the Georgian government to admit former president of the country Mikheil Saakashvili to Gori military hospital, stating that the clinic ‘meets all medical and safety standards.
The opposition United National Movement (UNM) party is holding a rally in central Tbilisi in front of the parliament building waiting for ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili’s decision whether or not he will agree to be transferred to Gori military hospital as the Georgian government offered earlier.
The Georgian Justice Ministry has offered former president Mikheil Saakashvili a transfer to Gori military hospital in central Georgia, on the 50th day of his hunger strike. Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia who was convicted in absentia for abuse of power in 2018, says he returned after eight years in political exile to remove the Georgian Dream government from power.
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.’
Head of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party Irakli Kobakhidze says that former president Mikheil Saakashvili was putting people’s life at risk while in office and continues to do so when he is imprisoned.
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.'
The imprisoned former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili's personal doctor Nikoloz Kipshidze has said that the ex-president who was transferred from a prison clinic to a military hospital last night is in 'severe' condition.
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.