“Georgia will be a free, European and protected country because we have made that commitment,” said Giorgi Vashadze, leader of the Strategy Aghmashenebeli party.

Giorgi Vashadze said his trial would be held at 4 p.m. this afternoon, but he did not “expect justice to prevail.”

“This is Ivanishvili’s private stage, where judges act as his servants. They aim to instil fear; they want to rule the country with fear, but it is too late. Georgia will not fail. I know I stand on the right side. People fighting for freedom support me. This is my private battle for the country, and whoever stands in this fight will not tolerate injustice. They have forgotten the main thing: a free person is not afraid of injustice – he fights against it.

I know what I am fighting for: Georgia will be the country where the court and police serve people instead of the oligarch, where youngsters will not be forced to leave their country, they will stand and build their motherland, where the law protects an individual and not the regime. Georgia will be a free, European and protected country because we have made that commitment,” Vashadze stated.