“I also want to speak with supporters of ‘Georgian Dream.’ I have nothing against them. I want us to build this country together,” opposition politician Giorgi Vashadze told journalists ahead of the release of one of the leaders of the “Coalition for Change,” Nika Gvaramia.

As he noted, everyone’s goal should be a united Georgia, membership in the European Union, and a normal living environment.

“I am very glad that today Nika [Gvaramia] will leave prison - this is very good. Let us all agree that what is happening in the country is not normal. So many political prisoners - political leaders, students, journalists - are in prison. How long can this situation continue? I believe we need to open dialogue with all representatives of society. I openly say that I want to speak even with supporters of ‘Georgian Dream.’ I have nothing against them. I want us to build this country together. We must respond to those who try to incite and divide us by saying that we have nothing to divide. We want Georgia to be united, to become a member of the European Union, to have a normal environment where our children can grow up in decent conditions. What is controversial about that? If you think differently and I put you in prison for it - that is not normal,” Vashadze said.

According to him, the charges brought against opposition leaders in the so-called sabotage case are also absurd.

“Even this new charge against the leaders - there is nothing there. They are threatening me with 15 years in prison, and there is nothing in the case file but a blank page. There was a hearing, and I listed 15 falsifications in the case to the prosecution. The case is full of lies and contains no evidence,” Vashadze stated.

As a reminder, the leader of the “Coalition for Change,” Nika Gvaramia, will leave Rustavi Penitentiary Facility No. 12 today.

His eight-month prison term expires today.

On July 1, 2025, Gvaramia was sentenced to eight months in prison for failing to appear before a temporary investigative commission of Parliament. He was charged under Article 349 of the Criminal Code, which concerns “failure to comply with the request of a temporary investigative commission of the Parliament of Georgia.”

As a preventive measure, Gvaramia had been ordered to pay bail of 30,000 GEL, which he did not pay within the legally established deadline. After the deadline expired, the bail was replaced with imprisonment. He did not attend the court hearing and voluntarily appeared at Rustavi prison.