Lelo members appealed to the Prosecutor General's Office to launch an investigation into the secret audio recordings released two days ago

Members of Lelo - Kakha Kozhoridze, Tornike Artkmeladze, Levan Samushia and others - have filed an official statement to the Prosecutor General's Office, demanding launching an investigation into the secret audio recordings aired on TV Pirveli on March 6.

According to Kakha Kozhoridze, one of the leaders of Lelo, the failure of the prosecutor's office to launch an investigation clearly means disobedience to Georgian law and obedience to the ruling party.

"Today we, Lelo members and lawyers came here to remind the Georgian Prosecutor's Office of their obligation. The Code of Criminal Procedure explicitly states that disseminating information through the media that contains signs of a crime directly imposes an obligation on the prosecution to initiate an investigation. We, as lawyers, say that the non-initiation of an investigation by the Prosecutor's Office clearly means a declaration of disobedience to the legislation of Georgia and a declaration of obedience to the ruling party. The party is not authorized to establish the facts of the crime, it should be determined by the Prosecutor's Office", - said Kakha Kozhoridze.

For information, according to TV Pirveli, they obtained a secret audio recording, in which allegedly Bera Ivanishvili orders together with Irakli Gharibashvili to punish several people, including a child, for making unwanted comments.