I kind of like a bit of Constantine Arsacid-like quality. One of his right hands is widely known, and now mine is slowly becoming the same, - this is how the politician accused in the so-called “sabotage case” and one of the leaders of the “Opposition Alliance,” Nika Gvaramia, responds to the testimony given by police officers in court.

As Gvaramia writes on his Facebook page, law enforcement officers with witness status, when giving testimony in court, mention his “right hand,” describing how he raised it and “how the people cheered.”

“In the ‘sabotage case,’ two more witnesses mentioned me. More precisely, they mentioned my right hand. Like the previous witnesses, they only remember one thing: whether I raised my right hand, whether the people cheered and moved toward the Parliament. They don’t remember anything else - neither the words, nor the facial expression, nor where I was standing, what I was wearing, what I was doing, nor the left hand, only the right hand and its raising and lowering. They think I’m a conductor or something. Toscanini, von Karajan, Barenboim, and me. I kind of like a bit of Constantine Arsacid-like quality. One of his right hands is widely known, and now mine is slowly becoming the same,” Gvaramia writes.

For information: In the so-called “sabotage case,” charges have been brought against Mikheil Saakashvili, Giorgi Vashadze, Nika Gvaramia, Nika Melia, Zurab Girchi Japaridze, Elene Khoshtaria, Mamuka Khazaradze, and Badri Japaridze.

More specifically:- Giorgi Vashadze and Zurab Girchi Japaridze have been charged under Article 318 (Part 1) and Article 319 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which involves sabotage and assistance in hostile activities for a foreign country. The penalty is 7 to 15 years of imprisonment.- Elene Khoshtaria has been charged under Article 318 (Part 1), Article 319, and Article 321¹ (Part 1) of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which involves sabotage, providing material resources for the commission of the crime, and assistance in hostile activities for a foreign country.- Nika Gvaramia, Nika Melia, Mamuka Khazaradze, and Badri Japaridze have been charged under Article 318 (Part 1) of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which involves sabotage.- Mikheil Saakashvili has been charged under Article 317 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which involves public calls for the violent change of Georgia’s constitutional order or the overthrow of state authority.