Gia Volski: The process against Gakharia is not political - he left the Georgian Dream under suspicious circumstances, took steps that were related to creating a problem for national security, I think this was a political demarche
Giorgi Gakharia left the Georgian Dream party under very dubious circumstances - he took steps that were directly related to creating certain problems for national security, - First Vice-Speaker of the Parliament, Gia Volski, said in connection with the initiation of criminal proceedings against the former Prime Minister, leader of the Gakharia for Georgia party, Giorgi Gakharia.
According to him, a long time has passed since Giorgi Gakharia and the Georgian Dream party significantly diverged in their positions, although, according to Volski, this was not the fault of the ruling party.
“Of course, this is not a political process. It has been a long time since we significantly diverged in positions, and this is not the fault of the Georgian Dream team. He left the Georgian Dream under very dubious circumstances. He took steps that were directly related to creating certain problems for national security. When we analyzed the situation in depth, it was a fairly long period, of course, a lot of things were new to us. We looked at it in a new way, analyzed the situation. I do not know what conclusion the Prosecutor's Office and the investigation may draw, but I think this was a serious political demarche that was directly aimed at harming national interests,” Volsky said.
For information, the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia launched criminal proceedings against former Prime Minister and leader of the Gakharia for Georgia movement, Giorgi Gakharia.
The above was announced by the Prosecutor General of Georgia, Giorgi Gvarakidze, at the briefing held at the Prosecutor's Office.
According to him, the case concerns the well-known episodes of June 20-21, 2019 and Chorchana, namely, the facts of organizing intentional serious injury to more than two people during a protest rally held in the vicinity of the Parliament Palace and the abuse of official authority by a person holding a state political position.
As the Prosecutor General noted, Giorgi Gakharia is charged under Articles 25, 117, Part 3, Subparagraph “m” and Article 333, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which provides for up to 13 years of imprisonment as a form and measure of punishment.
