Mikheil Saakashvili: I object to the indictment only in the shark case, and not the sanctions, because I indeed called on my numerous friends in the West to sanction Georgian Dream and I repeat that I will call on them again

The prosecutors who visited me to indict me in the “shark selfie” case were very embarrassed, - the third President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, writes on social networks.

According to Mikheil Saakashvili, he really called on his numerous friends in the West to sanction Georgian Dream and does not object to the indictment for this.

“For my part, I object only to the indictment in the shark case, and not the sanctions, because I called on my numerous friends in the West to sanction Georgian Dream and I repeat that I will call on them again,” - Mikheil Saakashvili writes.

For information, at the briefing of the Prosecutor General, it became known that the Prosecutor's Office has initiated criminal prosecution against Mikheil Saakashvili, Giorgi Vashadze, Nika Gvaramia, Nikanor Melia, Zurab Girchi Japaridze, Elene Khoshtaria, Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze.

According to Giorgi Gvaramidze, Mikheil Saakashvili will be charged under Article 317 of the Criminal Code of Georgia - for calling for the violent change of the constitutional order of Georgia or the overthrow of the state government. Zurab Girchi Japaridze and Giorgi Vashadze will be charged under Article 318, Part 1 and Article 319 of the Criminal Code of Georgia - for sabotage and assistance to a foreign country in hostile activities. Elene Khoshtaria is charged under Article 318, Part 1, Article 319 and Part 1 of Article 321 of the Criminal Code of Georgia - for sabotage, providing material resources for the aforementioned crime and assisting a foreign country in hostile activities. Nika Gvaramia, Nikanor Melia, Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze are charged under Article 318, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of Georgia - for sabotage.

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