Nika Gvaramia Convicted for Failure to Appear at Georgian Parliamentary Commission
One of the leaders of the Akhali party, Nika Gvaramia, was sentenced to eight months in prison for failing to comply with the demands of the parliamentary temporary investigative commission.
As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, on June 23, the court sentenced to eight months in prison a representative of the leadership of the opposition coalition "Strong Georgia" and the "Lelo" party, Mamuka Khazaradze, and one of the leaders of "Lelo" Badri Japaridze. On the same day, one of the leaders of the "Coalition for Change" Zurab Japaridze was sentenced to seven months in prison. On June 24, Giorgi Vashadze, leader of the Strategy Agmashenebeli party, was sentenced to seven months in prison, and on June 28, opposition politician Givi Targamadze was sentenced. All of them have been deprived of the right to hold public office for two years.
The decision on Gvaramia's case was made by Tbilisi City Court Judge Jvebe Nachkebia. In addition to eight months of imprisonment, Gvaramia, like other oppositionists convicted in this case, was banned from holding public office for two years.
Nika Gvaramia himself was not present at the court hearing, Georgia Online reports. At the time of the sentencing, Gvaramia was in pretrial detention after refusing to pay bail in the amount of 30 thousand lari, JAMnews reports.
Criminal case under Article 349 of the Criminal Code of Georgia was initiated, in particular, against the former Minister of Defense Irakli Okruashvili, one of the leaders of the "Coalition for Change" Nika Melia and other oppositionists. Some of the accused refused to post bail, chosen as a preventive measure, and were taken into custody. The case of failure to appear at meetings of the parliamentary commission became an episode of repression against politicians who are undesirable to the authorities, representatives of the opposition said.
In February, a parliamentary commission began work in Georgia to study the "crimes of the regime" of Mikheil Saakashvili in 2003-2012. The commission intends to prove that the "Five-Day War" in 2008 was initiated by the third president of Georgia.
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