Mikheil Saakashvili's lawyer: If the President has the political will to use the pardon act, there is no hindering factor

Lawyer Shalva Khachapuridze states that the President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, has all the documents about Mikheil Saakashvili's health condition, and it depends on her political will whether to pardon the ex-president or not.

"The President can take this step, he is not limited in this. The remaining two convictions have been handed down and therefore the pardon act can apply to these sentences.

Mariam Jishkarian presented all kinds of documents to her, and if she has the political will to do so, there are no limiting or restraining factors," said Khachapuridze.

Khachapuridze spoke about the trial scheduled for December 22 and said that Georgian expert Mariam Jishkariani and American expert Eric David Goldsmith will be interrogated on Thursday.

At the same time, according to the lawyer, the court proceedings are prolonged, although they are trying to reduce the time.

"To a certain extent, it is delayed, no matter what we try, it takes some time, but we are trying to do it in a tight time frame," he said.