“A person who does not have health problems and has a sentence to serve should indeed be in a penitentiary institution, just like every other prisoner,” said Minister of Health Mikheil Sarjveladze in response to the return of Georgia’s third president, Mikheil Saakashvili, from the Vivamedi clinic to Penitentiary Establishment No. 12.

According to Sarjveladze, this is an “absolutely normal decision.”

“No one can present a convincing argument as to why this decision should not have been made or implemented. I believe it is an absolutely normal decision. A person who does not have health problems and has a sentence to serve should indeed be in a penitentiary institution, as is the case with all other prisoners,” the Health Minister stated.

As a reminder, Georgia’s third president, Mikheil Saakashvili, has been transferred from the Vivamedi clinic back to Penitentiary Establishment No. 12, where he will continue serving his sentence under the general regime. The Penitentiary Service explained that since Saakashvili’s “health condition is satisfactory and he no longer requires inpatient treatment,” he was discharged from the clinic.