"We appeal to the Center EMPATHY to organize an alternative concilium" | Address by Nika Gvaramia

Nika Gvaramia, the lawyer of the third president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, who recently left the Rustavi 12th Penitentiary, appeals to the Center EMPATHY and Mariam Jishkariani to form an alternative Concilium under the auspices of a non-governmental organization.

As for the council, Mikheil Saakashvili, as I have already told you, expresses deep respect and full confidence in the doctors included in the Concilium, however, we will discuss the Concilium through an alternative platform and will address the Center EMPATHY and Ms. Mariam Jishkariani, she who is trusted by us and the society to make an alternative Concilium, organized under the auspices of its own non-governmental organization, and if you want to see the participation of those doctors who are in this Concilium, we would be happy to welcome them In an independent and impartial concilium group.

 We do not trust the Concilium where the Minister of Justice participates, and it is unclear why he is participating, what qualifications he has for this, where the Deputy Minister of Health is participating, who has made the statements that she has made. These people have already made a decision in advance, they do not hide it, and therefore it is completely unclear what it serves to discuss in the format of a consultation, when no doctor's recommendation is taken into account by the penitentiary institution - says Nika Gvaramia.