საინფორმაციო სააგენტო ინტერპრესნიუსი

On the 129th day of protest, rallies will once again take place across the country. Demonstrations are planned both in the capital and in various regions.

"We inspected the company Mila, which supplies school institutions and kindergartens. No violations were found," – stated Zurab Chekurashvili, Head of the National Food Agency.

“Bringing the issue of local elections onto the agenda seven months in advance is the conscious or unconscious implementation of Bidzina’s scenario!” – wrote Mamuka Khazaradze, leader of the “Lelo – Strong Georgia” coalition, on social media.

Mikheil Kavelashvili has nominated Sulkhan Tamazashvili for the position of Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara.

Giorgi Bukhrashvili has been appointed as the head of the Adjara Police Department. The above information was confirmed to InterpressNews by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

I cannot explain that a judge can be sanctioned just because he/she carries out professional activities - not a single argument has been made about the illegality of any decision. The appearance of judges' names in the sanctioned lists indicates that the pressure is already in another direction, most likely the aim is strengthening the self-preservation instinct in individual judges to ensure the collapse of one of the branches of government, - Supreme Court Chairperson Nino Kadagidze stated in the Supreme Court, where Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze met with judges and members of the High Council of Justice.

The head of the Adjara Police Department, Grigol Beselia, has resigned. As the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia told InterpressNews, the Adjara Police Department already has a new head, although the agency is not specifying his identity at this stage and explains that the public will be informed about this later.

The criminal case materials do not contain a coherent, clear, or convincing set of evidence that would prove the guilt of any of the defendants - the case against all eleven defendants is artificially created and politically motivated, - Eka Gigauri, Director of Transparency International Georgia, said at the briefing held at the Civil Society Foundation, responding to the case of actor Andro Chichinadze, comedian Onise Tskhadadze, and 9 other individuals arrested on charges of participating in group violence during the protests ongoing near the parliament.

Badri Japaridze, one of the leaders of Lelo - Strong Georgia, has been officially charged. He left the investigative agency a few minutes ago.

Kakhaber Guledani will be appointed as the Minister of Regional Development of Georgia instead of Grigol Liluashvili.

The French ambassador should first of all look after his own country - despite the fact that we have seen many vices in France, today they have an unpopular government, we do not talk about these topics, let them not interfere in the independence of our country, - Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said in response to the statements made by the French ambassador to Georgia.

Due to the statements made in public by Tea Tsulukiani, the chairwoman of the temporary investigative commission established in the parliament, regarding Badri Japaridze and Mamuka Khazaradze, the coalition Lelo - Strong Georgia plans to file a suit with the court. The members of Lelo - Strong Georgia announced the above at the press conference held at the Tbilisi Prosecutor’s Office.

Our message is that today the court is independent and we will do everything to protect the independence of the court, - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told journalists, responding to the sacntioning of two Georgian judges - Levan Murusidze and Mikheil Chinchaladze - by Great Britain.

When the elections were held in the US, of course, we had also calculated the worst-case scenario, and this worst-case scenario would be the same government remaining in power that was in power before - we were absolutely ready for this scenario, - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told journalists.

According to the CEC resolution, a number of restrictions have been imposed on persons entitled to be present at the polling station on Election Day, including the new requirement that it will be inadmissible to demand or take away a voter’s identity document.

There is one interesting news in the statements of the Georgian Dream, now they have started to point the finger at the US. This is a sign that what they expected has not happened, - the 5th President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, stated at the briefing held today.

Parliament has approved the candidacy of Anri Okhanashvili for the position of Head of the State Security Service. The decision was made by 79 votes iatn the plenary session.

The changes in the CEC are an indication that they are very nervous and preparing for the elections - they know that they will have to call elections, we must be ready, - the fifth President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, stated at the briefing.