The Georgian Presidential Administration is responding to an open letter from the third president, Mikheil Saakashvili, in which he called on Salome Zurabishvili to declassify the expenses incurred by Special State Protection Service for Presidential Administration in 2013 and beyond.

As the head of the Presidential Administration Natia Sulava noted, if the ex-president has any complaints about these documents, he can personally apply to the Government of Georgia and its administration to have updated information, because the government administration has access to these documents.

"The Administration of the President of Georgia considers it expedient to once again provide information to the public as to why the classified legal acts issued by the President of Georgia in 2013 have not been declassified. The registration, storage and archiving of classified documents issued by the President of Georgia were carried out by the Office of the Security Council of Georgia before its abolition, which took place in 2018. After that, the Government of Georgia was appointed as the legal successor of the State Security Council. Accordingly, all documents stored in the National Security Council of Georgia were immediately forwarded to the Administration of the Government of Georgia and by January 1, 2019, the Administration of the Government of Georgia was required to classify, archive and take the measures specified in other relevant acts. It should be noted that the Administration of the President of Georgia has applied to the Administration of the Government of Georgia several times in 2019-2021 to provide the Presidential Administration with classified documents defined by this classification code, but despite repeated appeals, the Presidential Administration has not received the documents. Consequently, we, the Administration of the President of Georgia, are deprived of the opportunity, as of today, to discuss the mentioned documents and their classification. It should also be noted that if the ex-president has any complaints about these documents, he can personally apply to the Government of Georgia and its Administration to have updated information on the documents," said Natia Sulava.

According to her, it is inappropriate and unacceptable to make an indirect or direct threat to the President in an open appeal about what the President of Georgia may be tried for in the future.

"He insinuates about treating guests with champagne, as well as pardon decisions. Such insinuations are completely inappropriate and unacceptable, as well as anachronistic and futile, because they belong to the past, far removed from the process of national consent, which was launched by the President a few months ago. The President has explained many times that this process serves to build a state where no one will have a sense of fear and no one will be able to achieve their own political result through blackmail and discredit. Finally, it sounds very embarrassing for an ex-president who has renounced his citizenship and country, who has received citizenship of another country, to indicate and make a reference about French citizenship, which was finally given up by the President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili," Natia Sulava said.