Convict Gigi Ugulava, one of the leaders of European Georgia, has submitted a petition to the Georgian President, Salome Zurabishvili, requesting his release from prison.

Giga Ugulava's lawyer Beka Basilaia told InterPressNews that Ugulava addressed the President yesterday.

“We appealed to the President of Georgia to use her constitutional power to release Gigi Ugulava from prison. This is fact that the situation needs to be finally discharged by releasing those whom the opposition and part of the public consider as political prisoners. There is no the issue of one person, including the issue of Gigi Ugulava’s imprisonment. Based on the political and public contexts, we urge the President to discuss the release of Gigi Ugulava within the framework of your constitutional power, "Basilaia said.