Mamuka Mdinaradze: In my opinion, GYLA should say that yes, the American power sponsored me, and it was in the interest of the American and European power, to file a perfect lawsuit in Strasbourg - there is nothing shameful about that!

In my opinion, GYLA should say that yes, I was sponsored by an American power and it was in the interest of the American and European power to file a perfect lawsuit in the Strasbourg court of Georgia - there is nothing shameful about that! On the contrary, thanks to the fact that it was in the interest of the American power, Georgia presented a good claim and they were raised for it! - This is how Mamuka Mdinaradze, the chairman of the "Georgian Dream" faction, answered the question regarding the non-governmental organizations that filed complaints against Russia in Strasbourg on behalf of Georgian citizens regarding the war crimes of August 2008.

Mdinaradze also stated that "Georgia's interest was also natural and Georgian, American and European interest coincided with each other".

"It's great that GYLA has been helping people prepare and send international lawsuits to international courts regarding the occupation. I will remind you here, until we intervened and the parts of "Iskander" were not searched, what positions we had in lobbying interests... Due to the stubbornness of some people, the lawsuit was not accepted and the production was not going on.

Fortunately, we won the process in the end. Many thanks to these organizations for what they have done, many thanks to the donors from whom it was financed", said Mamuka Mdinaradze.

In the Parliament, at the session of the Committee on Legal Affairs, the second reading of the draft law "On the transparency of foreign influence" - article-by-article discussion is taking place against the background of verbal confrontation between the representatives of the opposition and "Georgian Dream".

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