In Georgia, a Ukrainian official was accused of interfering in their internal affairs
The figure of the ex-president of Georgia and the current governor of the Odessa region, Mikheil Saakashvili, may be at the center of a number of scandals related to the Georgian parliamentary elections, writes Kommersant.
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Thus, in early August, the non-governmental Association of Young Lawyers of Georgia demanded that Saakashvili be fined 2 thousand lari.
“By interfering in the election campaign, Ukrainian citizen Mikheil Saakashvili is violating the law banning foreigners from participating in the political life of Georgia,” the publication quotes a statement from lawyers.
“The politician’s intervention, in particular, is expressed in calls for Georgians to vote for the UNM, “in order to pull the country out of the swamp,” the newspaper continues to quote the statement. “At the same time, the Ukrainian civil servant promises to “return to Georgia immediately after the inevitable victory” of his party - although four criminal cases have been opened against Mr. Saakashvili in his homeland on charges of abuse of power and embezzlement of public funds, and the Tbilisi city court sentenced him to arrest in absentia.”
In addition, evidence of the involvement of the Odessa governor in the election fight in Georgia is considered to be the fact that he still heads the United National Movement in the rank of party chairman, and his wife Sandra Roelofs constantly accompanies parliamentary candidates during their meetings with voters, the publication notes .
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