Khazaradze, Japaridze Say Kavelashvili’s Pardon ‘Manipulation’ as They Leave Prison - Civil Georgia
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Khazaradze, Japaridze Say Kavelashvili’s Pardon ‘Manipulation’ as They Leave Prison - Civil Georgia
Leaving prison hours after Georgian Dream-elected President Mikheil Kavelashvili pardoned them, Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, two leaders of the opposition Lelo/Strong Georgia alliance, attributed their release to “manipulation” aimed at dividing the opposition. Kavelashvili’s move followed his earlier pledge to pardon the jailed opposition leaders if they would promise to take part in the vote, and came against the refusal of Japaridze…
The President of Georgia, Mikhail Kavelashvili, whose legitimacy the opposition does not recognize, has pardoned the leaders of the opposition party Lelo - Strong Georgia, Badri Japaridze and Mamuku Hazaradze. Japararidze and Hazaradze, along with six other opponents, were convicted in the case of non-compliance with the requirements of the Parliamentary Inquiry Commission, all of whom received between seven and eight months' imprisonment.
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