It’s a very sad fact that yesterday three non-governmental organizations were caught in a lie, – the Minister of Justice Tea Tsulukiani responded to the statement, made by three non-governmental organizations about the possible production of fake ID documents ahead of the second round of 2018 presidential elections and about ongoing investigation.

According to her, the source of the lie is clear, since the NGOs could not provide evidence to the prosecutor’s office.

“From where this lie comes from, for me, it is clear, since the NGOs could not provide evidence to the prosecutor’s office. They have already admitted that they didn’t have them. The opinion has come that they might just be instructed by the National Movement. Naturally, this opinion has a right to exist, but I still think that these three non-governmental organizations are victims, since I assume that the National Movement needed non-governmental organizations as a mouthpiece to announce a lie publicly, so that this lie to became convincing”  – Tea Tsulukiani said.

Chief Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia has launched an investigation into the information spread by three non-governmental organizations about the possible production of fake ID documents ahead of the second round of 2018 presidential elections. Non-governmental organizations called on law enforcement agencies to get interested in the cases of alleged falsification of elections. NGOs – Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, Transparency International – Georgia and Fair Elections held a press conference, where they talked about possible fraud scheme and falsification of documents.