Mikheil Saakashvili: I call on the de facto government to postpone the announcement of the "court" verdict in my case due to my illness

I call on the de facto government to postpone the announcement of the "court" verdict in my case due to my illness, - the third President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, writes on the social network.

Saakashvili said that he wants to attend the trial.

"I call on the de facto government to postpone the announcement of the "court" verdict in my case due to my illness, which my treating doctors will confirm. Since I want to attend the hearing," - Mikheil Saakashvili's statement says.

For information, the judge may announce the verdict in the case of Mikheil Saakashvili's illegal border crossing on March 14. The investigation into the fact of Mikheil Saakashvili's illegal border crossing began on October 1, 2021. In the framework of the above-mentioned case, charges have been brought against 4 more individuals - Elguja Tsomaia, Zurab and Shalva Tsotsorias, and Giorgi Narimanidze.

Also, the judge in the criminal case against former President Mikheil Saakashvili and former Head of the State Special Protection Service Teimuraz Janashia, who are accused of group embezzlement of a large amount of budget funds, has gone into deliberation to deliver a verdict. The prosecutor's office accuses the defendants of group embezzlement of a large amount of budget funds - 9 million GEL.