Saakashvili allowed to attend a trial hearing concerning him

Former president Mikheil Saakashvili has been transported from Gori military hospital to Tbilisi City Court earlier today to attend a trial hearing concerning him. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge. 

 

Agenda.ge, 29 Nov 2021 - 10:55, Tbilisi,Georgia

Former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili has already been taken to Tbilisi City Court to attend a trial hearing concerning the illegal dispersal of an opposition rally in central Tbilisi on November 7, 2007 in which Saakashvili is charged with the abuse of power, IPN says. 

Neither journalists, nor opposition activists are allowed into the court’s yard. 

The law enforcement are present at the scene to ensure safety. 

Saakashvili was not allowed to attend three trial hearings in cases concerning him in previous days as, according to the government, the opposition had plans to cause unrest at the court or on the streets during the transportation of the former president to Tbilisi City Court. 

In a Facebook post last week, Saakashvili himself urged supporters to hold the rally stating that ‘this will be an opportunity for me to address you for the first time in two months (since his arrest in Tbilisi on October 1).’