President Mikheil Saakashvili says the release of Armenian prisoner Vahagn Chakhalyan was Bidzina Ivanishvili’s personal decision, calling it 'a rough mistake'.
"I want to make a statement about release of the criminal Chakhalyan, who is an enemy of Georgian statehood. As it turns out this person was released at the request of the Armenian patriarch. I listened to the PM’s explanations and I regard them utterly unsatisfactory. Ivanishvili undertook the heaviest responsibility towards Georgia’s national security. I think he made the toughest mistake, the results of which will be clear in the nearest weeks and years", Mikheil Saakashvili said.
According to him, Chakhalyan represents the Russian special services in Georgia.
"I don’t want to emphasize his ethnicity as it does not matter. We have many Armenians in Georgia who were protecting Georgian independence with arms in their hands but this person represents not Armenia but Russian special services. He broke up the Georgian church eparchy, as well as Georgian university, police and municipality in Akhalkalaki. He was against withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgia territories. The new government was aware of all this. We provided them with the above-mentioned information. This was a personal decision by the PM, which, I presume, was aimed at pleasing a certain foreign force. He should remember that he is Georgia’s Prime Minister and should act in Georgian interests", Saakashvili said.
"I define neither release nor detention of prisoners", PM Bidzina Ivanishvili told journalists in Davos while commenting on Mikheil Saakashvili’s statement, which said release of the Armenian prisoner was the PM’s personal decision.
"I define neither release nor detention of prisoners. I don’t interfere into affairs of the Prosecutor’s Office", Ivanishvili said.
According to him, the situation has changed in Georgia and decisions are not made by just one person as it was earlier.
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