Or death, or freedom – Saakashvili wrote a letter with an ultimatum

Former President of Georgia on hunger strike in a Georgian prison, head of the Executive Committee of Ukraine’s Reforms Mikhail Saakashvili refuses to be transferred to a prison hospital. He wrote a new letter with an ultimatum, which was voiced by the politician’s lawyer Nick Gvaramia.

This is reported by Georgia Online.

“Whatever the state of my health, I refuse to be transferred to the hospital at the Gldani prison and prefer to stay where I am until this situation is completed either by my death or my release. In any case, I refuse from my transfer to the Gldani prison “– Saakashvili’s letter says.

Gvaramia claims that Saakashvili is weak, “he hardly wakes up in the morning, he has weakness in the limbs, joints, and problems with movement.”

“Saakashvili needed reanimation twice, and we said several times that every minute is dangerous. There are peaks, failures, and suddenly it gets worse. Nevertheless, I can tell you directly that political prisoner Mikhail Saakashvili will not die.”– said the lawyer.

In addition, according to Gvaramia, Saakashvili urged everyone to come to the polling stations and greeted the mayoral candidates.

“He really likes it and is happy that political parties that were unacceptable to him in the past were able to consolidate. He is grateful for that.”, – said the defender of the politician.

What is known about the detention

• The ex-president of Georgia arrived in the country 8 years after he left it. He intended to support his party in the elections. Upon his arrival, information appeared that they were preparing to arrest him.
• Saakashvili was nevertheless detained in Georgia. The law enforcement agencies had preliminary information about his transfer from Ukraine to Georgia, and this process took place under full control.
• Subsequently, the media began to publish the first footage of the arrest of the former president of Georgia. According to the general director of the Mtavari Archi TV company Nika Gvaramia, Saakashvili was detained in Tbilisi.
• After the arrest, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine demanded explanations from the Georgian Embassy about the grounds and circumstances of the detention of Ukrainian citizen Mikheil Saakashvili.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised that Ukraine will do everything possible to release the head of the Executive Committee of Reforms Mikheil Saakashvili.
• The Prime Minister of Georgia named the condition for Mikheil Saakashvili’s return to Ukraine.
• The politician went on a hunger strike, and because of this, his health deteriorated sharply. He stated that he had lost 15 kg behind bars. Saakashvili started having problems with motor skills and diction.
• On October 20, it became known that a council of doctors recommended that Saakashvili be hospitalized. The next day they were going to transfer him to the prison hospital, but everything fell through.

We also showed the first video of Saakashvili from prison.