Hunger strike is not the form in which to talk with the state

The Speaker of the Parliament visited the hunger striking MP, Ani Tsitlidze, and called once again to end the hunger strike. Shalva Papuashvili appealed to Tsitlidze's teammates to convince the MP to stop this extreme form of protest. According to Papuashvili, he talked to doctors who say that the situation has reached the stage where Tsitlidze's health may be irreversibly damaged:

"Requests regarding this issue are decided by the competence of the court to consider the issues within the process and decide that way. Submitting an ultimatum to the court is not the form in which issues should be resolved in a legal state. The main thing in this regard is her health so that it is not irreversibly damaged. Therefore, I especially appeal for her teammates to urge her to end her hunger strike...

Hunger strike is not the form to talk to the state and demand a decision. By itself, starvation cannot have such results. The only possible result is damage to one's own health," says Shalva Papuashvili.