No more discourse about prisoner Saakashvili, better concentrate on other issues, PM says

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said many problems stay unresolved in the country to concentrate on, and therefore, he no longer wishes to speak about jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili.

PM echoed the decision of the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding Saakashvili’s lawsuit.

“I don’t want to comment much about this issue. This is not my prerogative. Justice Minister will provide explanations. I repeat that I finished speaking about the prisoner and prisoners. There are numerous problems in the country, and I will concentrate on them,” Irakli Garibashvili told reporters.

On November 10, the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) urged the ex-president to call off his hunger strike. Law enforcers arrested Mikheil Saakashvili in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on October 1. He has been on a hunger strike since the very first day of his arrest.