Georgia: The new sentence increases prison for former President Saakashvili for more than 12 years
On Monday, Saakashvili was considered guilty of the illegal border passage and, consequently, sentenced to a second year and a half of prison, which is added to the sanction already applied by the abuse of power and the deviation of funds.
A Georgian court sentenced, on Monday, former President Mikheil Saakashvili to a new prison sentence, increasing the penalty to which it is fulfilled 12 and a half years.
Saakashvili, who was president of Georgia from 2004 to 2013, had already been convicted by Background power and deviationS, that he and his defense rejected, claiming that accusations would have political motivations.
Judge Badri Kochlazashvili ordered the former 57 -year -old president for an additional prison of four years and six months for the illegal border crossing, which added more time to his current sentence.
Speaking of videoconferencing, Saakashvili rejected the verdict, claiming that this is a “Absolutely illegal and unfair phrase I did not commit crimes against me. “
“They want to annihilate me in prison,” he said. “But what happens, I will fight until the end,” he promised.
According to his lawyer, Beka Basilaia, this Monday’s verdict “showed once again that Saakashvili is a political prisoner “.
Saakashvili, Um Polemic reformist
Saakashvili is also accused of suppressing protesters who affirmed that his fervor had become a dictatorship.
The former president, who directed the country in a direction closer to the West, directed the protests of the SO. ROSAS REVOLUTION In 2003, which dismissed his predecessor of power, and promulgated a series of ambitious reforms against corruption.
In 2008, he supervised a Brief but intense war with Russia, which ended with the humiliating loss of the other Georgian bases in two separatist territories.
His reign came to an end in the 2012 elections, when the newly formed Georgian dream defeated the Party of the United National Movement Saakashvili.
Saakashvili went to Ukraine in 2013 and became a citizen of the country. From 2015 to 2016, the Odessa region ruled in the south of the country.
However, he was stopped quickly when he returned to Georgia in October 2021 in an attempt to reinforce opposition forces before national local elections.
Georgian dream accused of influencing the verdict
Saakashvili’s lawyer accused the party in power on Monday, the Georgian dream to influence the last extended prison of former Georgian leader.
“While Georgian dream remains in power, The Judiciary will be a scam And you will make any decision that resolves you, “said Basilaia.
Since 2012, the year in which Saakashvili has been deprived of power, the Georgian Dream Party has remained in power and has been subject to popular criticisms and protests for supposed repression of democratic freedoms.
ADVERTISINGThe party is also accused of having diverted the country on the way to join the European Union and have reinstated it in the sphere of influence of Russia.
After having made several hunger strikes, Saakashvili is being treated at Vivmedi’s facilities, where he is being monitored for a series of Chronic diseases, According to the clinic.
