Jailed ex-president to reject health examinations, treatment
Jailed ex-president to reject health examinations, treatment

Jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili said he rejects taking health surveys and medical treatment related to his hunger strike from today.

Saakashvili said the October 30 runoff municipal elections are decisive for Georgia’s democracy and future. Georgia’s third president explained he cooperated with physicians to keep him up physically and mentally till the day of runoffs.

Mikheil Saakashvili further stressed that the opposition showed serious success during the first round of elections, and October 30 would decide the end of totalitarianism and Georgia’s regress.

The ex-president called on people to go to the polls and protect their votes. “Now, the fate of Georgia and me is in your hands,” Saakashvili claimed.

Zaal Udumashvili, a member of the United National Movement (UNM) party, also confirmed the release of the ex-president largely depends on the high voter turnout at runoffs. “I am sure our population will end this struggle,” Udumashvili said.

The UNM member also pledged the party members would mobilize in all municipalities to protect people’s votes.

Previously, jailed ex-president’s lawyer Dimitri Sadzaglishvili said on October 28 that problems related to communication with ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili were solved, and Saakashvili agreed to continue to cooperate with physicians to monitor his health.

Law enforcers arrested Mikheil Saakashvili in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on October 1 and sent him to N12 Rustavi prison. Ex-president has been on a hunger strike since the very first day of his arrest.