Jailed Saakashvili calls for daily protests
Jailed Saakashvili calls for daily protests

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili believes “daily protest rallies are needed.”

“As I will be able to help you and the country to the end only if I am out and healthy,” said Saakashvili in a letter read by his lawyer Dito Sadzaglishvili today

Ex-president says, “the pace and exact time of his release depends on the daily demonstrations.”

“Yesterday [reffering to rally] finally convinced me that we will win the runoffs and I will be free too. I also want to appeal to the emigrants to come to Georgia at least for a week by the end of this month for a decisive battle. The situation is ripe, and relaxation now is tantamount to a crime,” the letter reads.

Yesterday, UNM supporters rallied in the capital Tbilisi to demand the release of the jailed ex-President.

Law enforcers arrested Mikheil Saakashvili in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on October 1. He kicked off a hunger striker day after detention.

The ex-president is charged with several criminal offences. In 2018, he was sentenced to six years in prison in absentia for abuse of power.