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Former President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili told government-critical TV Pirveli channel on October 8 that his predecessor Mikheil Saakashvili “is imprisoned on political grounds under the circumstances of the current government.” 

Margvelashvili argued this is because the Georgian Dream government is “authoritarian,” and “no longer has the moral right” to try Saakashvili. 

In the interview, Margvelashvili had also noted he cannot prove that Saakashvili has not committed a crime, but highlighted that in parts of the cases against his predecessor the charges are “absurd.”  

“But overall, I am not a jurisprudent and a lawyer to tell you he has not done anything wrong,” Margvelashvili clarified.