The Segodnya website found out what kind of support Saakashvili can count on within the country
Saakashvili arrived in Georgia on the eve of local elections / Collage “Today”
Georgia’s pro-government politicians do not believe that the arrest of the former president of the country (2004-2013) Mikheil Saakashvili will cause widespread protest from citizens, which may eventually lead to a new revolution.
Malkhaz Gulashvili, president of the Georgian Times media holding, told about this in a comment to the Segodnya website.
“His political force does not have so much support for tens of thousands of people to take to the streets. His electorate maximum is 10 thousand people. However, not everyone is ready to take part in protests. Saakashvili will serve his sentence like any other convict,” he said. opinion of Malkhaz Gulashvili.
How events developed
Recall that on the morning of October 1, the head of the Executive Committee of Reforms under the President Mikheil Saakashvili posted a video in which he said that he had already arrived in Georgia.
In search of the former president of Georgia, in the afternoon, special-purpose units went from Zugdidi to Batumi. The local press reported on the searches in progress.
At the same time, the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia Alexander Darakhvelidze denied information in the afternoon that the transfer of special units was carried out because of Saakashvili. The politicians said that Saakashvili did not cross the border of their country.
In the evening, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced the arrest of Saakashvili. According to information available in the media, he is in the Rustavi pre-trial detention center.
“Our law enforcement officers carried out an operation to detain wanted Mikheil Saakashvili at the highest level. The law enforcement agencies had preliminary information about his transfer from Ukraine to Georgia, and this process was under full control,” Garibashvili said.
Why Saakashvili was arrested in Georgia
- Saakashvili is involved in several criminal cases in Georgia… In January 2018, the Tbilisi City Court found the former president of Georgia guilty of abuse of office and illegal early release from prison of former Interior Ministry officials and sentenced him to three years in prison.
- In June 2018, the Tbilisi City Court sentenced Saakashvili in absentia to six years in prison for organizing an attack on Sandro Girgvliani, an employee of the United Georgian Bank.
- And in May 2020, a diplomatic scandal broke out between Ukraine and Georgia, and the Georgian ambassador was even recalled from Kiev. The reason for this was the appointment of Saakashvili to the post of head of the Executive Committee of Reforms under the President of Ukraine. In Georgia, then Saakashvili’s new appointment was called unacceptable, since he was convicted in absentia in his homeland and put on the wanted list. However, in April of this year, Ambassador Teimuraz Sharashenidze returned to Kiev and Georgia announced the normalization of relations with Ukraine.
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