There is no evidence in the case, it is simply a collection of various public speeches, false testimonies of about 20 police officers, where they tell some fairy tales, - Zurab Girchi Japaridze, the leader of Girchi - More Freedom, told journalists.

According to him, the judge closed the court hearing in the case of 8 politicians accused in the so-called sabotage case: Mikheil Saakashvili, Nika Melia, Nika Gvaramia, Zurab Girchi Japaridze, Giorgi Vashadze, Zurab Japaridze, Mamuka Khazaradze and Elene Khoshtaria "due to laughter and mockery".

"It's very funny, or rather, it's not clear at all why all this is being thrown in. Accordingly, even when the session is going on, you laugh at things. He closed the session because of laughter and ridicule. I don't know if they will open it or not. When he finally closed it, he was in such a mood that he didn't intend to open it. The lawyers will file a motion to open it and we'll see.

There is no evidence against me or anyone else. Various public speeches have simply been thrown in, including rude statements I made in the media. Testimony from about 20 police officers has been thrown in. Obviously, false testimonies, where they tell some tales, as if they saw me, or Badri Japaridze, or someone at the rally and saw that the young people became aggressive when they spoke to them. A common delusion, but there is no evidence for this. Some tales have been told. There are reports of searches of numerous NGO offices. We couldn't understand anything. We can understand how to defend ourselves," Japaridze said.

For information, the Prosecutor General’s Office has charged Mikheil Saakashvili, Giorgi Vashadze, Nika Gvaramia, Nika Melia, Zurab Girchi Japaridze, Elene Khoshtaria, Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze in the so-called sabotage case.

More specifically, Giorgi Vashadze and Zurab “Girchi” Japaridze are charged under Article 318(1) and Article 319 of the Criminal Code, covering sabotage and assisting a foreign country in hostile activities. This carries a sentence of 7–15 years imprisonment.

Elene Khoshtaria is charged under Articles 318(1), 319, and 321¹(1), covering sabotage, providing material resources for the crime, and assisting a foreign country in hostile activities.

Nika Gvaramia, Nika Melia, Mamuka Khazaradze, and Badri Japaridze are charged under Article 318(1), covering sabotage.

Mikheil Saakashvili is charged under Article 317, which covers calls to violently change Georgia’s constitutional order or overthrow state power.

As a preventive measure, Giorgi Vashadze and Zurab “Girchi” Japaridze have bail set at 30,000 GEL each, while Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze have bail set at 1 million GEL each.