No one from the investigative agency has contacted me. I very much want them to contact me. To go and tell them what I know, – this was stated by the head of the “Chamber of Culture”, Davit Okitashvili, to InterpressNews.

As Davit Okitashvili noted, Tinatin Rukhadze destroyed Georgian culture and Georgia’s history does not remember a similar Minister of Culture.

“When I work in this sphere, as one of the ordinary people in the cultural sphere, I asked a question and I am interested. It is such a great sin to accuse a person of embezzling the funds for the funeral of the Most Holy One; when society asks this question, someone must give an answer. I am asking the question and I am interested.

After my statement, no one from the investigative agency has contacted me. I have the information that the public knows. Exactly that. When people say ‘where were you until now’, I was careful about those people who were telling me this. They would have destroyed them root and branch. For 2–3 days these people have raised their voice and I also asked these questions.

Of course one should not kick a person who has fallen, but this was the person who destroyed Georgian culture. Georgia’s history does not remember a similar Minister of Culture. Artists will gradually raise their voice. She thought that the Ministry of Culture and Georgia, together with her protector, belonged to them. This Georgia is not theirs! This is nothingness, together with her protector. They must be uprooted root and branch from every structure where they remain. They betrayed Bidzina Ivanishvili, they betrayed the team, and no one loves a traitor. Their protector is Mamuka Mdinaradze, who put her over the head of Georgian culture. Look up the story of his activity at ‘Centre Point’. The story of Dato Doiashvili – Dato threw him out of the theatre because of that bribe and embezzlement of money.

Until now I fought quietly and when it touched me, I raised my voice. I was removed from the list at every gathering. She shouted that ‘I should not see Okitashvili at any gathering’. I saw that she would not dare this alone. It turned out that behind this stood the person who dared this and did it. In 2012 we fought together with Bidzina Ivanishvili’s family, and where was Mamuka Mdinaradze? Those people who fought in 2012 and who put their families aside, who opposed that regime, were completely erased. One of the creators was Tika Rukhadze. Everyone knows well her relationship with the ‘National Movement’. She betrayed the ‘National Movement’ and what would she do to these people?! When a person is a traitor, they do not change and there is no such thing as a former one. She betrayed Mikheil Saakashvili.

I very much want [the investigative agency] to contact me. To go and tell them what I know. Through you I asked the questions. Let them go and check. Why did Dato Doiashvili throw him out of the theatre, why did he swallow Badri Patarkatsishvili’s money?! This traitor was brought to us by Mamuka Mdinaradze, put over the head of Georgian culture, and this sphere was destroyed!” – stated Davit Okitashvili.

For information: on 14 October Davit Okitashvili published a Facebook post in which he addresses the Prosecutor’s Office and calls for an examination of the expenses of the funeral of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II.