Nika Gvaramia: Bacho Akhalaya is the regime’s new hostage and his release, along with other persons held in the regime’s captivity, is another task for me - Solidarity with Bacho and his family!
Bacho Akhalaya is the regime’s new hostage and his release, along with others held in the regime’s captivity, is another task for me. Solidarity with Bacho and his family! - this is how one of the leaders of the “Opposition Alliance,” Nika Gvaramia, responds to the court’s decision, according to which former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaya was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison.
Gvaramia explains why the former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaya’s call cannot be assessed as a coup d’état.
“Bacho Akhalaya was sentenced to two and a half years for what he said in court: ‘Ivanishvili, in my opinion, must be overthrown. If there is no other choice besides the use of force, force should also be used.’
A call must be public (addressed to an indefinite circle of persons) and real.
The call was made in front of 15 people at a court session, which cannot be considered an indefinite circle of persons. Quoting by a third party is not considered a call, and if an audio recording of what Akhalaya said in the courtroom were to be released as this call, Akhalaya could not have foreseen it and should not have foreseen it, because, I remind you, the ‘Kots’ banned audio-video recording at court sessions. A violation of the law by a third party cannot create the precondition of a legitimate and rational assumption. Thus, the first criterion is excluded.
As for the reality of the call, the talk of a man sitting in prison with 15 attendees possibly causing a state coup cannot withstand any test of common sense, let alone the high standard of legal assessment. Thus, the second criterion is also excluded.
To summarize, Bacho Akhalaya is the regime’s new hostage and his release, along with other persons held in the regime’s captivity, is another task for me.
Solidarity with Bacho and his family!” - writes Nika Gvaramia.
For information, former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaya, who was charged over the phrase said in court - “Bidzina Ivanishvili and his government must be overthrown,” was found guilty by the court and sentenced to 2.6 years of imprisonment.
