Public Defender Nino Lomjaria said the government’s policy regarding the management of Covid-19 was aimed at achieving economic growth at the expense of risking public health and winning the hearts of law-breaking citizens by writing off pre-election fines.

Lomjaria wrote on the social network that the government’s policy also included refusing to run an active vaccination campaign for fear of losing support for anti-vaxxers.

“It is not true that the government did not have a policy of managing Covid-19 – it had a policy and this policy meant: a. Achieving economic growth at the expense of risking public health and many lives; B. Winning the hearts of law-breaking citizens in the run-up to the elections by abolishing the obligation to wear a mask and writing off fines; C. Refusing to run an active vaccination campaign for fear of losing the support of numerous groups of anti-vaxxers.

The policy of the opposition was to say everything against what the government would do.

And the institution, which was in charge of public health, came under political influence and did not even resist.

This will be the case in all spheres, as long as ignorant politicians act in their own interests and as long as independent institutions are under their influence.

That is why we are the most mourning and affected country today … We lost 74 people in just one day,” Lomjaria wrote.