Convicted Archbishop’s brother argues Patriarch asked President not to pardon Giorgi Mamaladze

His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia, asked the President to refuse the pardon of Archbishop Giorgi Mamaladze, Tornike Mamaladze, brother of the convicted archpriest, told reporters while commenting on the President’s refusal to pardon Archbishop Giorgi Mamaladze.

According to him, the Patriarch deceived the Holy Synod and the whole society and tried to evade responsibility.

“Of course, Salome Zourabichvili has not made an independent decision. She met with the Patriarch in the previous days, and I have information that His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia told Salome Zurabishvili that the decision of the Holy Synod to send a motion to the President was a farce. The Catholic Patriarch deceived the members of the Holy Synod, laughed at each of them and disgraced them, he deceived the whole society and tried to avoid responsibility and staged the spectacle in which the Patriarch and President played together, ” Tornike Mamaladze said.

President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili has refused to pardon convicted Archbishop Giorgi Mamaladze.