From the beginning, the person [Lazare Grigoriadis] was arrested for political reasons - if the government can sacrifice one person, let us not be at peace. At any time, whoever needs it, he will detain us - Paata Manjgaladze, one of the leaders of "Strategy Agmashenebeli" told "InterpressNews" in the city court.

According to him, he has no hope of a fair trial.

"From the beginning, the person [Lazare Grigoriadis] was arrested for political reasons. I have no hope for a fair trial. I will be very surprised if the court releases him because he really has no choice. If the government can sacrifice one person, let's not be quiet. He will hold us whenever he needs to. This is a message", said Manjgaladze.

According to his own statement, in case of a guilty verdict, President Salome Zurabishvili should pardon Lazare Grigoriadis.

"The president must decide. People are so busy that there is no evidence. My expectation is that he should be pardoned. We have no expertise. If we had, we would not be here", said Paata Manjgaladze.

The trial in the case of 21-year-old Lazare Grigoriadis, who was arrested on charges of harming the health of police officers and destroying state property during the March protests, was postponed until April 8.

For information, Lazare Grigoriadis, who is accused of violating the health of police officers and destroying state property, was imprisoned on March 31 as a preventive measure.

According to the information of the investigation, on March 7, during the rally on Rustaveli Avenue, the defendant shot two shots at the employees of the Special Tasks Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who were on duty, on April 9 Street "Molotov cocktail".

Also, on March 9, on Chanturia Street, the accused deliberately set fire to a "Toyota Corolla" model car belonging to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which burned on the spot. As a result of this action, the state budget suffered 39,500 GEL property damage.

Lazare Grigoriadis was charged with the second part of Article 353 of the Criminal Code of Georgia (infringement on the health of a police officer in connection with his official activities) and the second part of Article 187, sub-point "a" (destruction of another's property by setting fire), which is the measure of punishment from 7 provides up to 11 years of imprisonment.

In the case of March 7-8, a total of 6 persons were arrested under the Criminal Code, 5 of them have been released on bail.