"Vasil Maglaperidze raised his hand and voted for himself – 'I want people to see that I'm not running into the bushes,' but I saw him running into the bushes," said Nino Zautashvili, a journalist from First Channel, following the session of the Public Broadcaster’s Board of Trustees.
According to her, the board’s chairman and members avoided answering the questions they had.
"As an employee of the Public Broadcaster, I submitted a list of five people who wanted to attend the board’s session to ask questions. Since the first item on the agenda was the election of the chairman of the Board of Trustees, I called the session’s secretary and said, 'Elect the chairman first, and then we will come in,' so that our questions would carry more legitimacy.
We entered, and suddenly the meeting was closed, and Vasil Maglaperidze walked out. What happened there can be seen in 'Moambe' (the news broadcast)...
Everything became completely clear to me. This person and the entire board were avoiding the questions we were going to ask, as those questions would not have been pleasant for them. If someone has answers to all the questions, what do they have to fear?
I wanted to ask Gia Murghulia what he thinks the definition of treason is. I also wanted to get answers regarding the disclosure of salaries and bonuses by two board members.
Vasil Maglaperidze raised his hand and voted for himself – 'I want people to see that I'm not running into the bushes,' but I saw him running into the bushes," said Nino Zautashvili.
For reference, at today's session of the Public Broadcaster’s Board of Trustees, the election for the chairman took place, and Vasil Maglaperidze was re-elected to the position.