As long as I am under arrest, I will not receive food in any form and I am willing to die

As long as I am under arrest, I will not receive food in any form, and I am willing to die - Mikheil Saakashvili releases a new letter, which was read by his lawyer, Dimitri Sadzaglishvili, after meeting with him:

"My position on the hunger strike is as follows: all my steps were dictated by the main goal, to help the Georgian people escape from the swamp. I came so that there would be no clashes and no one would be harmed. I have also called on others to end their hunger strikes, and I am on hunger strike alone, with the only demand, to stop the use of justice for unjust, political persecution and to return to the normal democratic process where people make decisions without coercion and falsification.

As long as I am under arrest, I will not receive food in any form and I am willing to die.

At the same time, I want to keep my mental state and hard work to the end. Therefore, I agree with the medical intervention of the doctors, which will help me to stay awake and even in a very limited but still participating in the current events, so that I can help Georgia as much as I can.

Now the society is very mobilized and despite my personal situation, I am more optimistic than ever," the third president said in a statement.