Nika Melia: Do you really consider yourself a judge? You will convict me, but history will acquit me
"You are abusing not only me, but the most part of the country, you do not realize that your violence in the name of the law cannot break my dignity," Nika Melia, Chairman of the United National Movement, said during his trial.
According to him, even if the court convicts him, history will acquit him.
"I have a lot to say, but I will try say it briefly. You have developed such a deep idea that people cannot follow you, because people are sensible. You have gone to the bottom and people do not follow you. This person says that my goal is imprisonment. Why you think so, whereas, without humility, I am much more effective together with my friends in fighting against your criminal regime outside of prison than in prison?! Or why should I enjoy being locked in a small cell and living 24 hours under surveillance? Why should I not want to be with my family, friends, my child? How can this be the intention of a normal person? To put it mildly, you are lying when you are saying that that it is not your intention to imprison me. Mr. Kobakhidze and Bidzina Ivanishvili say that their goal is not my imprisonment”, said Melia.
According to him, there were only 5 MPs in the Dream who did not give a green light to the lawlessness.
“They accuse me of a coup, but they deleted the camera footage. After that, they put a bracelet on me, but they have not questioned a witness for two years, they have not examined the evidence. When Ivanishvili conceded proportional elections, I accepted an illegal bracelet, but after Ivanishvili lied to us, I no longer did. These people are abusing not only me. Nothing strengthens me more than the fact that you are my opponents. You are abusing not only me, but the most part of the country, you do not realize that your violence in the name of the law cannot break my dignity," Melia said.
According to him, the trial is going on without a judge.
"Do you really consider yourself a judge? Paradoxically, we are in a courtroom where the judge is not present. You will convict me, but history will acquit me," Melia said.
