Shota Shalelashvili, member of parliamentary majority, accuses the former president Mikheil Saakashvili of making anti-semitic, racist statement and plans to launch legal procedures against him.
Shota Shalelashvili responded to the statement made by Mikheil Saakashvili in the program of one of the TV channels.
“Unfortunately, I have not watched the program broadcasted on Rustavi 2 TV channel, in which Mikheil Saakashvili called me “swindler and Russian Jew”. Personally, I assess this as anti-Semitic, racist statement and plan to launch legal procedures against him. This statement assaults not only me, but the entire Jewish community in Georgia. The modern world agreed that not only politicians, but each modern human, should not use such kind of offensive speech. I cannot talk about the mental state of Saakashvili, but this man managed to commit three crimes in these three words. My response will be extremely strict”, – Shalelashvili said.
