It is obviously unfair, it is the revenge on the company - director of "Caucasus" about temporary manager

According to Revaz Kobaladze, director of " Caucasus Online ", the appointment of the temporary manager in the company is clearly an unfair decision and retribution. According to him, the owner He said the owner is appealing to international arbitration to find out the truth.

Today it is difficult for me to speak about specific motives, but it is definitely unfair. Yesterday's meeting testifies to the fact that this decision was made not on the basis of common sense and specific task, but rather it was a direct serious retaliation against the company," said Revaz Kobaladze.

According to experts, the government is trying to control the activity of "Caucasus Online" and other Internet companies, which, in its turn, has a very bad impact on the image of the country.

The appointment of a temporary manager by the state to a financially viable company means taking away the company from the owners - says expert Giga Bedineishvili.

The Communications Commission appointed a special manager at Caucasus Online on October 1. Mariam Sulaberidze, the head of Open Net, who is reportedly close to Bidzina Ivanishvili, has been appointed special manager.

In an official statement, the regulatory commission explains the decision to appoint a manager and writes that Sulaberidze was appointed to the company "in order to eliminate the violation of the law."

The controversial amendments to the Law on Electronic Communications were approved by the Parliament on July 17.

The bill was discussed against the background of noisy committee hearings. Neither the opposition nor the non-governmental sector supported the changes.

Opponents said Koba Bekauri wanted to legalize censorship with this change.