Adam Kinzinger on Gigi Ugulava’s arrest -- Using courts as a weapon is NOT democracy
Adam Kinzinger on Gigi Ugulava’s arrest -- Using courts as a weapon is NOT democracy

US Congressman Adam Kinzinger has responded to the arrest of Gigi Ugulava, one of the leaders of the oppositional European Georgia Party.

“Gigi Ugulava, leader of European Georgia, was arrested today and sentenced to 38 months in prison for an old crime he’s already served time over. To say this is disturbing would be an understatement. Using courts as a weapon is NOT democracy,” Adam Kinzinger has tweeted.

On February 10, the Supreme Court of Georgia found Gigi Ugulava, one of the leaders of opposition European Georgia party, guilty of misspending GEL 48 million of public money from Tbilisi Development Fund, while serving as the mayor of the capital city, and sentenced him to three years and two months in jail. Ugulava will serve his prison term at so-called Matrosov Prison.