Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili again excluded the pardon of the ex-head of the Georgian state Mikhail Saakashvili, calling a number of reasons, but at the same time stated that he should not die in prison.
“The process of sentences is not yet over, it is still being judged. Under the legislation of Georgia, pardon can only be provided when they (trials) will end,” Zurabishvili said in an interview with the BBC program, why could not sign the act of pardon .
But even if it were possible, Zurabishvili said, she would still refuse to have mercy on Saakashvili, because “this is a very strong polarizing factor.” “People experienced their lives under his regime … There is practically no family in Georgia, which would not have experienced on themselves, which it means to have such an autocratic regime,” said the President of Georgia.
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At the same time, she noted that “we do not want the former president to die in prison or receive irreparable harm” and stated that he should be able to undergo an additional study.