Interior ministry launches investigation into municipality mayor’s car burning incident
The investigation into the incident has been launched under the criminal code article concerning “damage or destruction of property”. Photo: from Tamar Belkania's Facebook page.
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The Georgian interior ministry has launched an investigation after the car of the mayor of north-western Georgia’s Tsalenjikha municipality was found burning during the night between Tuesday and Wednesday.
The ministry said on Wednesday the incident had taken place near mayor Gia Kharchilava’s residential house around midnight, with the official telling local media the development could be a result of a reprisal for his professional work.
The reason, to my mind, is the activities of the governing body and our approaches - [...] We carry out reforms and expose corruption cases”, Kharchilava told Formula TV.
The investigation into the incident has been launched under the criminal code article concerning “damage or destruction of property”.
The leader of the Lelo opposition party, Mamuka Khazaradze, has said that he will move to the western Georgian town of Tsalenjikha, and assist the newly appointed opposition mayor. Khazaradze announced his decision while delivering his speech at the opposition rally in the city of Zugdidi last evening.
The opposition has won the majority in city assemblies in seven out of 64 municipalities – Batumi, Zugdidi, Martvili, Chkhorotsku, Tsalenjikha, Rustavi and Senaki. GD head Irakli Kobakhidze stated that ‘the majority will be formed on the basis of negotiations with the members of the city councils,’ in municipalities where GD lost the majority, noting that ‘work on the issue has already started successfully.’
A total of 27 criminal cases related to the pre-election period of the October 2 municipal elections are under investigation in Georgia, the Interior Ministry has reported today.
Besarion Bendeliani, opposition For Georgia party mayor candidate in Tsageri claims his car has been shot at last night. "I went out and saw that my car was damaged, [it was] shot at. There was no sound [although] it is a very densely populated place", Bendeliani said. He connects the assault with his political activities.
Three individuals were injured after an explosion at the corner of Kutateladze and Lagidze streets in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Saturday.
Following an explosion on Saturday at the corner of Kutateladze and Lagidze streets in Georgia's capital Tbilisi, Georgian police arrested a previously convicted person for the attempted murder of two or more people, as well as the illegal purchase and possession of ammunition, explosive substances or explosive devices.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs on Saturday confirmed it had launched an investigation following reports of an assault on Giorgi Kandelaki, a member of the European Georgia - Movement for Liberty party.
Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi and the Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said violence was “unacceptable” in response to an assault on Misha Mshvildadze, one of the founders of the domestic Formula TV channel, in Tbilisi on Tuesday.