Mikheil Saakashvili: There is still room for prisoners in Qvarqvare prison, but soon the doors will inevitably burst open, and everyone will find their rightful place

The arrests of Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze are yet another act of mockery by Georgia’s captured, bandit-like occupational regime, wrote Georgia’s third President, Mikheil Saakashvili, on social media.

According to Saakashvili, the prison doors will "inevitably burst open soon, and everyone will find their rightful place."

"While Lukashenko is releasing political prisoners, these people are imprisoning more and more politicians and ordinary active citizens.

There is still room for prisoners in Qvarqvare prison, but soon the doors will inevitably burst open, and everyone will find their rightful place," Saakashvili wrote.

For context, the leaders of "Lelo for Strong Georgia," Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, were found guilty by the court for failing to comply with the demands of a parliamentary temporary investigative commission. By the decision of Judge Zviad Sharadze, they were each sentenced to 8 months in prison and banned from holding public office for 2 years. Earlier today, a verdict was also announced in the case of Zurab Girchi Japaridze, one of the leaders of the "Coalition for Change." He was sentenced to 7 months in prison for failing to comply with the demands of the investigative commission and was also banned from holding public office for 2 years.