Gia Volski: I do not rule out that the President will pardon Lazare Grigoriadis, although it will be "politically very bad" for her

The Vice-Speaker of the Parliament, Gia Volski, does not rule out that the President will pardon Lazare Grigoriadis, although he says that it will be "politically very bad" for Salome Zurabishvili.

As Volski told journalists, it is a trend that a person who decided to kill another person is labeled as a national hero by a certain political group, and Salome Zurabishvili is also in this group.

"I don't rule out pardon either. On the one hand, this can have very serious political consequences, on the other hand, it is a moral brake regarding the fact that this trend exists and Salome Zurabishvili is considered among its creators. It is already a fact and a trend that such a person, who decided to set fire and kill another person, is labeled as a national hero by a certain political group. Salome Zurabishvili is in this political group. It would be politically very bad for her to sign this pardon. This can only serve as a brake," said Gia Volski.

According to him, when discussing the issue from a political point of view, it is obvious that on the one hand there are those who believe that it is impossible to burn a living person, while the other part says that such a confrontation is exemplary.

"There are differences in values between those who say that you can't burn a policeman or anyone with a Molotov cocktail, and there are others who call for such behavior to be exemplary.

I cannot evaluate the court's decision. I feel sorry for everyone who has been punished for something, but from a political point of view, it is obvious what is on the surface, where should society draw its conclusions," said Volski.

For information, Lazare Grigoriadis, who is accused of harming the health of policemen and destroying state property, was detained on March 31 last year. Today he was sentenced to 9 years to imprisonment by the court.

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