Gov’t creating “maximum comfort” for ex-Pres. Saakashvili, providing privileges no other prisoners have - PM
PM stressed that Saakashvili had come to Georgia to make another revolution, organise mass killings and bloodshed, adding the former President’s plan “failed” and he “ended-up in jail” to serve his time for the “grave crimes” he had committed. Photo via Government Administration
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The Georgian Government has been creating the “maximum support and comfort” for the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili, providing him with “all privileges” that no other prisoners have, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili responded to a question on Saturday at the panel discussion, held within scope of the Munich Security Conference.
Saakashvili has been receiving treatment in a private hospital and his family was even offered [by the Government] to bring for him “any doctors from any hospital” for medical care, but instead they have been spreading “lots of fake news” - disinformation on his health condition, using the lobbying firms, which was confirmed last month that Saakashvili’s family had paid $1 million to launch an “aggressive media campaign all around the world”, Garibashvili said.
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PM stressed that Saakashvili had come to Georgia to make another revolution, organise mass killings and bloodshed, adding the former President’s plan “failed” and he “ended-up in jail” to serve his time for the “grave crimes” he had committed.
Saakashvili was arrested in Tbilisi in October 2021, after his clandestine return to Georgia, and is serving a six-year term for two separate abuse of power cases, with three other cases involving his term pending. He has been receiving treatment at Vivamedi clinic in Tbilisi since May 12.
His lawyers and family members have claimed the former president is in “urgent need” of treatment abroad and alleged local professionals had been “unable” to make “accurate diagnosis and ensure relevant treatment” for months
Levan Ioseliani, an MP of the Citizens opposition party in the Parliament, on Friday said it was “no surprise” the European Court of Human Rights had “reaffirmed the systemic crimes” committed by the United National Movement Government in its latest ruling in a case involving a former Georgian prisoner.
The Georgian Special Penitentiary Service on Wednesday rejected claims by the family and legal team of the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili that said he was “unable to move” due to the allegedly worsening health condition, and released footage from the clinic where the former official is receiving treatment to disprove the statement.
Georgia’s imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili has lost his appeal for release or postponement of the rest of his sentence on health grounds, with Tbilisi City Court on Monday denying the application in the case that has been surrounded by public debate.
Anri Okhanashvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee, on Monday said "relevant state agencies" were ensuring the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili was "safe, provided with all necessary services, and served his sentence in an environment prescribed by the Georgian legislation".
Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze on Tuesday rejected the accusations of torture and inhuman treatment of imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili as “not supported by evidence”, stressing these allegations were “a part of the political agenda”.
The Medical Council under the Public Defender’s Office of Georgia on Tuesday said the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili was suffering from progressive loss of muscle mass and strength that could seriously limit his movement.