"...I don't have to answer you. I don't comment abroad on internal affairs" | Zurabishvili on Nika Gvaramia's pardon

"I don't... first of all, I don't have to respond... I do not comment on internal affairs, much less on pardons, which is at my discretion... I do not comment" - stated President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili to the journalist whether she intends to consider the Ombudsman's appeal and pardon Nika Gvaramia.

For reference, the Ombudsman has addressed the President of Georgia with a request to pardon Nika Gvaramia, CEO of Mtavari Channel.

The Ombudsman has published the results of the investigation into the conviction of Nika Gvaramia. According to the Public Defender, the verdict is substantially unfounded, and the court ended up avoiding answering all important legal questions.