Mikheil Saakashvili's statement regarding the footage released by the Penitentiary

Mikheil Saakashvili releases a statement about the footage spread by the penitentiary on the social network, which we offer you unchanged;

What footage did Ivanishvili publish today? - Exactly what the Public Defender wrote and I have repeatedly said that, I received mineral and micronutrient supplements prescribed by doctors at the medical center, which are necessary during weight loss, to stabilize pulse, heart rate and minimum glucose.

Nobody goes to the medical office to eat, patients are treated there. The medical office has officially installed video cameras, but not for publication, but for security purposes. Of course, I knew they were recording and if nothing else, it makes these videos even more absurd.

In addition, I sign everything that I receive in prison according to the rules here, and I have not signed or seen these specific "canned foods" of which the photos were shown. These cans are not visible on the table or anywhere else, but the surveillance cameras are very modern and you can easily zoom in and out.

I repeat, food can be taken only in the cell and nowhere else, and in the medical room you can receive only medicines prescribed by doctors, in different forms - in the form of tablets, transfusions or fluids. That's the kind of explanation I get in every published case that I take medication.

With the utterly disgraceful and criminal posting of the footage, they didn't damage me in any way. Rather, on the contrary, everyone is convinced that I am really on a hunger strike and, to put it mildly, I am not in the best shape. The publication of these footages was a great insult to the prison medical staff, who told me today that I have not yet violated the norms of the hunger strike and that what I receive as prescribed by a doctor is not food. The same was said to the representative of the Public Defender, which was reflected in their report today.

In light of all of the above, I no longer take any supplements from which I had given my written consent to the Council since Saturday morning. Now, since my condition was getting worse every day and, perhaps, things will deteriorate at an even faster pace. Nevertheless, my faith, belief in victory and freedom, is inexhaustible. Especially after today’s unprecedented rally in front of the prison, for which I thank everyone present.

And most importantly, we must remember that our primary task is to return the power seized by the oligarch to its true and sole owner, the Georgian people. Therefore, we must not forget, among other things, that my issue should not change the main focus - the return of the stolen elections and the removal of the Ivanishvili regime from the reins of governing the country!