Newly elected members of Zugdidi City Council, who are on hunger strike, bring mattresses in City Council session hall

The newly elected members of the Zugdidi City Council, who are on a hunger strike demanding that Mikheil Saakashvili be taken to a civil hospital, brought their mattresses in the City Council session hall. They say that in this way, they are protesting against the start of the discussion of the draft budget 2022 and its accelerated adoption by the deputies of the previous City Council.

Security guards tried to hamper them from bringing mattresses in the hall, which led to a confrontation, but Ana Tsitlidze, a member of the United National Movement, and other party members still managed to bring the mattress in the hall.

Four newly elected deputies and a doctor went on a hunger strike in the room of the United National Movement faction in the Zugdidi City Council building on November 15. They are demanding that Mikheil Saakashvili be transferred to a civilian clinic.