The official called the President and others also should know that encouraging "Molotov cocktails" is a political crime and it is inadmissible - releasing a law breaker is a very serious action, - Anri Okhanashvili, the chairman of the legal affairs committee of the Parliament, said regarding the case of Lazare Grigoridis.

According to him, if Salome Zurabishvili wants to encourage the use of "Molotov cocktail", she will be in this campaign and will pardon Grigoriadis.

“I have no reason, as a matter of law, to doubt the standard on this evidence. I trust the prosecution, and I trust the court that they made a decision based on the beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard. As for the political issue, - how can throwing "Molotov cocktails" be encouraged? What is the message to our society? Do we directly tell them that they can throw a "Molotov cocktail" at a policeman, a fireman, any person who maintains order? If an official called the President wants to encourage this, of course she will be in this campaign and she will take this step. This will also have a correspondingly strong reaction, and she and others must know that encouraging "Molotov cocktails" is a political crime and is unacceptable. Everyone should be held accountable in full compliance with the law. The release of a law breaker is a very serious action for which all relevant persons are responsible. This could be the mentioned official", Okhanashvili said.

For information, the court found 21-year-old Lazare Grigoriadis, who was arrested on charges of harming the health of police officers and destroying state property during the March protests, guilty. According to the decision of Tbilisi City Court judge Zviad Sharadze, Lazare Grigoriadis was sentenced to 9 years of imprisonment.