Mariam Jishkariani on Saakashvili: Preliminary results confirm post-traumatic stress disorder syndrome, which is linked to torture in prison and in the system

According to the president of the center "Empathy", Mariam Jishkariani, the third President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, does not have such a mental disorder not to be able to appear in court tomorrow.

As she told reporters at the Gori Military Hospital, Mikheil Saakashvili needs inpatient multidisciplinary treatment - rehabilitation.

"Preliminary results, what we can tell you, confirm the post-traumatic stress disorder syndrome, which is linked to torture in prison and in the system, there are as well neurological symptoms. You know, we are talking about encephalopathy, which is the result of starvation. The patient needs inpatient multidisciplinary treatment-rehabilitation. He will make the decision at the trial himself, he does not have such a mental disorder not to be able to appear at the trial. He makes the decision himself in this regard", - Jishkariani said.

Mikheil Saakashvili's trial is scheduled for November 29. It is unknown at this time whether the penitentiary will allow Saakashvili to attend the trial.