"Irakli Garibashvili is lying - there are courts and a justice system, and people’s fates are not decided in offices. Was Irakli Garibashvili the only person who was subjected to pressure in this country at that time?” - Georgian Dream MP Irakli Cheishvili said this to journalists, responding to another letter published by former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.

According to Cheishvili, Irakli Garibashvili is “scoring political points” with these statements.

“It is regrettable when a former prime minister compares us to the National Movement. He was still prime minister just two or three years ago, and back then we did not resemble the National Movement, but today we do?! This is an incorrect assessment and an incorrect approach. In general, he should put an end to these speculations. Every week, he publishes letters with the same message. We understand what he thinks and how he thinks. It is regrettable that this person has been misled. He still does not realize where he is or what statements he is making. There was no betrayal on our part toward him. From beginning to end, he admitted the charges brought against him by the Prosecutor’s Office.

There are courts and a justice system, and people’s fates are not decided in offices. Of course, Irakli Garibashvili is lying. If he had made such a statement immediately after resigning, it might have been considered credible, but he did not think that way because that was not the case. Was Irakli Garibashvili the only person who was subjected to pressure in this country at that time?” Cheishvili said.

For reference, former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has published another letter, stating that his imprisonment was politically motivated from beginning to end, and that the goal was to neutralize him politically and destroy his reputation.

The former prime minister accuses the ruling team of acting using the methods of the National Movement and says: “You are already following Saakashvili’s path.”

Garibashvili says that “Georgian Dream” has insulted state institutions and made the country a laughing stock both domestically and internationally through “ridiculous and malicious performances,” thereby causing enormous and irreparable damage to his country, the government, and the ruling party itself.

“The purpose of my arrest was to damage my reputation and destroy my political future — you are already following Saakashvili’s path and bringing back the methods of governance used by the National Movement. You are doing evil; be careful,” Garibashvili writes.