"I heard that he heard - I am convicted by this testimony"

Mikheil Saakashvili spoke about the cases in which he has been convicted. The third president of Georgia answered the accusations before the Georgian court for the first time.

This is one of Girgvliani's cases, in which Mikheil Saakashvili says that the case concerns an unheard of issue - pardon.

"I have already been convicted in two cases to avoid Georgia. One case concerns something unheard of - the so-called pardon by the president. The Girgvliani case, which is not Girgvliani case at all. It was named for PR. The tragedy was the death of Sandro Girgvliani, those officers were detained, after the 2008 war there was an amnesty for the military, 280 servicemen, including one who dragged me by my hair in the Gldani facility, amnestied by me.
But the amnesty did not happen, the prison term was reduced and halved twice. Six more months passed, and two different judges released them early, and one of these judges is now judging me in the jacket case. Is it really dark, people? Is this country blindfolded?" Mikheil Saakashvili said.

Mikheil Saakashvili said that even talking about Gelashvili's case is absurd, because the case is based on non-existent and shameful testimonies.

"I am not talking about the second case. The only testimony in Gelashvili's case is the classic term, I heard that he heard - see? I am judged by this testimony, which can not be taken as evidence in any country or legal system in the world. Not surprisingly, when these verdicts were issued and sent to Interpol, Interpol laughed and dismissed these verdicts as shameful, and did not even begin to review them. I myself spoke to the deputy director of Interpol, who said that your prosecutor's office is shameful," Mikheil Saakashvili said.