Aleko Elisashvili to Archil Gorduladze: "Stop talking about me and telling lies, or I’ll rip your tongue out" — "Do you really think I’m going to spend 13 years in prison?"

"Stop talking about me and telling lies, or I’ll rip your tongue out" [addressing Archil Gorduladze]. "Does he really think I’m going to spend 13 years [in prison]?" This was the response from opposition politician Aleko Elisashvili to a statement by Archil Gorduladze—a "Georgian Dream" MP and the ruling party’s representative at the Constitutional Court. During the court proceedings regarding a lawsuit to ban certain political parties, Gorduladze referred to Aleko Elisashvili as a "terrorist" and pointed out to the "Lelo – Strong Georgia" coalition that the party had failed to distance itself from Elisashvili’s actions.

According to Elisashvili, Archil Gorduladze is lying when he refers to him as a member of "Lelo – Strong Georgia."

"This new, peculiar character, Gorduladze, came out and claimed that 'Lelo' member Elisashvili set fire to the courthouse and committed a terrorist act. I have never been a member of 'Lelo,' nor am I one now. Yet, the Chairman of the Parliament’s Legal Issues Committee stands before the Constitutional Court and utters such a lie.

I am not a member of 'Lelo'; I belong to only one party—'Citizens.' He needs to stop talking about me and spreading lies, or else I will 'rip out his tongue. Does he think I’m going to spend 13 years in prison? He must never mention my name again," stated Aleko Elisashvili during the court hearing.