საინფორმაციო სააგენტო ინტერპრესნიუსი

The leader of Lelo – For Strong Georgia, Badri Japaridze, has been found guilty by the court for failing to comply with the request of the Parliament’s Temporary Investigative Commission.

According to Maia Mtsariashvili, the lawyer of Mzia Amaghlobeli, founder of "Batumelebi" and "Netgazeti," Mzia had vision problems even before her detention, and her condition has worsened since then.

Salome Zurabishvili, the fifth President of Georgia, arrived at the office of Lelo – Strong Georgia.

“We can take back Tbilisi if we all come out! That’s what I believe, and I will prove to our friends in prison — to Zura, to Nika, and to Nika — that this is the only right path,” said Lelo – Strong Georgia leader Mamuka Khazaradze during a meeting with party members at the party office, after a judge sentenced him to 8 months in prison for failing to appear before the Parliament’s temporary investigative commission.

“To hell with anyone who gets scared of Bidzina!” – said Mamuka Khazaradze, leader of Lelo – Strong Georgia, during a meeting with party members at the party office, after a judge sentenced him to 8 months in prison for failing to appear before the Parliament’s temporary investigative commission.

“Act according to what your conscience tells you,” – this is what Mzia Amaghlobeli, founder of Batumelebi and Netgazeti, told judge Nino Sakhelashvili during the court hearing. According to Amaghlobeli, the judge is under political pressure. At today’s hearing, she expressed solidarity with prisoners of conscience.

“Nika Gvaramia, Zura Japaridze, Irakli Okruashvili, Mamuka Khazaradze, and Badri Japaridze did not recognize this system, and they continue not to recognize it — even at the cost of going to prison. Full solidarity with all of them. We must continue the fight with exactly the same determination — non-recognition, non-acceptance, delegitimization, and removal of these people,” said Elene Khoshtaria, one of the leaders of the “Coalition for Change,” during a briefing.

"You must not defy the law. In any European country, failing to appear before a commission carries heavy consequences. In the U.S., the measures are even stricter. The law requires enforcement by certain structures, and 'Georgian Dream' has nothing to do with it," said Gia Volski, the First Vice-Speaker of Parliament, commenting on the prison sentences imposed on opposition politicians Zurab Japaridze and Mamuka Khazaradze for failing to appear before a parliamentary investigative commission.

“Not only are we not backing down, we intend to fight until we liberate Georgia from Ivanishvili,” – said Giorgi Vashadze, leader of “Strategy Aghmashenebeli,” commenting on the verdict against Mamuka Khazaradze, leader of “Lelo – Strong Georgia,” who was sentenced to 8 months of imprisonment and banned from holding public office for 2 years by Judge Zviad Sharadze.

In his interview with Batumelebi, Pawel Herczynski spoke about how family members would view someone sanctioned by the EU – this shows how distorted a perception the ambassador has regarding family. God bless the khachapuri that, according to him, was given to him for free, but Georgia is a bit more than khachapuri and khinkali, and everyone needs to understand this, said Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili to journalists, responding to the statement by "People’s Power" regarding the EU Ambassador to Georgia, Pawel Herczynski.

Mamuka Khazaradze, leader of "Lelo for Strong Georgia," was found guilty by the court for failing to comply with the demands of a parliamentary temporary investigative commission.

"Regardless of any decision, I send this message very clearly to Bidzina Ivanishvili – there is no force that can make me and my team fear you," stated Mamuka Khazaradze, leader of "Lelo – Strong Georgia," during a press briefing.

Gakharia can make a choice: does he choose the Constitution of Georgia or his personal plans abroad? – July 2 is ahead, and I hope he will appear [at the commission meeting],” said Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili in an interview with journalists.

While the world’s attention is focused on Iran and Israel, the pro-Russian, pro-Iranian regime of Ivanishvili is intensifying its repression — Georgia’s fifth President, Salome Zurabishvili, wrote on the social platform X, addressing the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, and the Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos.

Giorgi Gakharia has expressed readiness to discuss the Chorchana issue remotely at the commission on July 2 as well, stated Berdia Sichinava, the Executive Secretary of the "For Georgia" party, during a press briefing.

"I have never had, do not have, and will never have in the future any intention to commit any type of crime or engage in any unlawful act," stated Romeo Mikautadze, the former Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, during his court hearing.

Estonia is expressing itself very clearly regarding the Georgian regime – we must increase sanctions, and we must impose more personal sanctions at the EU level, Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna told journalists in Brussels ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

"Tea Tsulukiani – some scoundrel, an ill-mannered person – is summoning me to the commission. And how? ‘Givi, we are Givi.’ If Bidzina [Ivanishvili] were summoned like that, would he go? What if his grandmother were summoned that way, wouldn’t he protest? What does it even mean to be summoned to a commission like that?" – said opposition politician Givi Targamadze, who is being accused of failing to comply with the request of the parliamentary temporary investigative commission.

"It is very important that, during the grant acquisition process, monitoring is carried out in a way that does not create any additional discomfort for honest organizations.

The Parliamentary Temporary Investigative Commission has given Giorgi Gakharia, the leader of the "For Georgia" party, until July 2 to appear before the parliamentary investigative commission.

“Today, as the European Council is discussing Georgia and preparing to define its course of action, sentencing Zura (Girchi) Japaridze to imprisonment is a direct execution of a Russian order,” — writes Salome Samadashvili, one of the leaders of Lelo – Strong Georgia, on social media.