"I have no questions for the witnesses called to today's hearing. They were instructed to make these statements and submit them to the Prosecutor's Office, and they did so. The rest is on them," Badri Japaridze, one of the leaders of Lelo – Strong Georgia and one of the defendants in the so-called sabotage case, said while commenting on the testimony of members of United Neutral Georgia, who were summoned as witnesses.

According to Japaridze, the case is unprecedented and no similar court proceedings have taken place anywhere else in the world.

"I would call this the 'trial of gestures,' where several police officers claim they saw some kind of gesture, yet they cannot remember what the gesture was, when they saw it, or even what day it happened. Those are the kinds of witnesses being presented.

I regret that police officers can be brought down to such a level and made to give such disgraceful false testimony, which in itself cannot serve as the basis for criminal prosecution, even if it were true.

This is unprecedented in world practice. No country has ever conducted a trial of this kind.

As for the witnesses called today, I have no questions for them. They were instructed to make such statements and submit them to the Prosecutor's Office, and they did so. The rest is on them," Japaridze said.

For reference, charges in the so-called sabotage case 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 Articles 318(1) and 319 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which concern sabotage and assisting a foreign state in hostile activities, offenses punishable by 7 to 15 years' imprisonment.Elene Khoshtaria has been charged under Articles 318(1), 319, and 321¹(1), relating to sabotage, providing material resources for sabotage, and assisting a foreign state in hostile activities.Nika Gvaramia, Nika Melia, Mamuka Khazaradze, and Badri Japaridze have been charged under Article 318(1), which concerns sabotage.Mikheil Saakashvili has been charged under Article 317 of the Criminal Code, which concerns public calls for the violent overthrow of Georgia's constitutional order or state authority.