Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was Sentened to 9 years Behind bars on Wednesday on Costs of put in.
The Tbilisi City Court Ruled that Saakashvili was Guilty of Embezzling Budgetary Funds.
The Former Head of the Special State Protection Service, Teimuraz Janashia, what fined 300,000 Georgian Lari (Roughhly EUR 99.936; $ 108,125) as Component of the Very Same Embankment Situation.
Saakashvili Has Faced Multiple Charges of Abuse Ofpower He is Currently Offering A Six-Year Sentence After Lying Founded Guilty in 2018 For Order Trouble Plan to Defeat Then-Lawmaker Valery Gelashvili in 2005 and for Pardoning Interior Congries Convicted of Involvolvement within the 2006 Murder of Bank Employee Sandro Girgvliani.
Who is Saakashvili?
A Questionable Number in Georgia, Saakashvili Functioned as Head of State from 2004 to 2013 Prior to Entering into Self-impossed Expatriation in Ukraine Forseven Years Hey What Arrested in 2021 Upon His Back To Georgia.
Saakashvili Rose to Prominence in 2003 in Georgia after main the increate change, a peaceable motion that ousted after that-president Eduard Shevardnadze, a designer soviet formally.
Fluent in English and Partly Educated within the United States, He Presented Himelf as a Stusch Reformer and Anti-Corruption Supporter.
During his Presidency, He was Widely Credited with Implementing Significant Reforms that Modernized Georgia’s Economy and Governance.
Saakashvili’s Reaction to the Verdict
Hours Before the Sentencing, Saakashvili Called for a Postponement in A Post on Facebook, Citing Health Issues and His Desire to Attend The Hearing Humanally.
Following the Verdict, He Maintained his Innocence, Sting in A Facebook Post, “I was Senteced to Practical Life in Prison for Official Expenses of theoff”
None of the Defendants within the Case, Consisting of Saakashvili, Were Present in Court for the Ruling.
Health Concerns and Allegations of Mistreatment
Since his 2021 Arrest, Saakashvili Has Spent Most of his time within the Hospital.
In A 2023 Interview with DW, He Claimed He was “Physically and Psychological Aally Tortured Systematically” While in Prison.
In 2023, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Examined Whether Georgian Authorities Acted Lawfully When Bringing Criminal Charges Against Saakashvili in 2014.
The Court Ruled that “The Authorities’ Honest Desire Was to Bring the Applicant to Justice for his Wrongdoing and That, In The Absence of Suffed Evidence to the Contrary, The Allegation of An Ulterior Motif
Edited by: Saim du Šan Inayatullah
