Chairman of Service Development Agency alleges NGOs’ statement is not true

The State Service Development Agency of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia calls the statement made by NGOs on falsification of ID cards irresponsible.

As Soso Giorgadze, Chairman of the State Service Development Agency, stated at a press conference, the NGOs’ statement is not true.

Giorgadze said he has already addressed the General Inspection of the Ministry of Justice with the request to investigate the case.

"I hope that Eka Gigauri, Irma Pavliashvili and Misha Benidze, who accused the Head of the Service Development Agency and its employee at the press conference today, will cooperate with the investigation and provide them with evidence if they have it. Herein, I declare with full responsibility that the allegations made by them have nothing common with the truth," Soso Giorgadze said.

According to the Chairman of the State Service Development Agency, he hopes that after investigation establishes the truth, representatives of NGOs will apologize.

Three non-governmental organizations called on the law enforcement agencies to get interested in the cases of alleged falsification of elections today.

“Last week, one of the employees of the State Services Development Agency provided us with information about alleged falsification of ID cards by the Agency. According to him, false IDs are being printed for rigging elections in favor of Salome Zurabishvili and this process is led by high ranking officials of the Agency,” the NGOs said.