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Saakashvili 'detained' in absentia
10:11 * 02.08.14
Tbilisi City Court accepted prosecution's motion and ordered pre-trial
detention of former President Mikheil Saakashvili in absentia,Civil.ge
reported.
Preliminary court hearing - the stage when a presiding judge, among
other issues, decides on the admissibility of evidence submitted by
the parties - has been set for September 22.
Prosecutor's office has charged Saakashvili with exceeding official
powers in connection to break up of the anti-government protest
rallies on November 7, 2007, and raid on and "seizure" of Imedi TV
station.
"Ahead of the August war [six-year] anniversary Putin could not have
imagined more desirable present than Georgian authorities ordering my
arrest," Saakashvili said in a video address from the US, released on
August 1 before the court's ruling was announced after midnight on
Saturday.
"This will be one of the most shameful pages of Georgia's history," he said.
"I am not going to turn up upon summoning of prosecutor's office,
controlled by Gazprom shareholder [referring to Georgia's ex-PM
Bidzina Ivanishvili] - I will be very far whenever they summon me, but
I will be very close when the Georgian people call me," Saakashvili
said.
Armenian News - Tert.am
10:11 * 02.08.14
Tbilisi City Court accepted prosecution's motion and ordered pre-trial
detention of former President Mikheil Saakashvili in absentia,Civil.ge
reported.
Preliminary court hearing - the stage when a presiding judge, among
other issues, decides on the admissibility of evidence submitted by
the parties - has been set for September 22.
Prosecutor's office has charged Saakashvili with exceeding official
powers in connection to break up of the anti-government protest
rallies on November 7, 2007, and raid on and "seizure" of Imedi TV
station.
"Ahead of the August war [six-year] anniversary Putin could not have
imagined more desirable present than Georgian authorities ordering my
arrest," Saakashvili said in a video address from the US, released on
August 1 before the court's ruling was announced after midnight on
Saturday.
"This will be one of the most shameful pages of Georgia's history," he said.
"I am not going to turn up upon summoning of prosecutor's office,
controlled by Gazprom shareholder [referring to Georgia's ex-PM
Bidzina Ivanishvili] - I will be very far whenever they summon me, but
I will be very close when the Georgian people call me," Saakashvili
said.
Armenian News - Tert.am