Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been on a hunger strike since early October, fainted at the Gldani prison hospital in Tbilisi. Saakashvili’s lawyer Bek Basilai announced this on Thursday, November 18. According to him, the politician was in a very serious condition. The ex-president stumbled, fell and passed out as he left the room after meeting with lawyers. “In a few minutes, a stretcher was brought in,” added Basilaya. His second lawyer, Nika Gvaramia, remained with the ex-president.
The politician is in intensive care
The Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia reported on the Facebook social network that the politician’s health is stable. Doctor Guliko Kiliftari later clarified that Saakashvili was transferred to intensive care. She confirmed that there was an “episode of fainting.” However, after the measures taken, the state of Mikhail Saakashvili is “absolutely stable”, the patient is conscious, comes into contact, the resuscitator added.
Saakashvili faces at least nine years in prison
The ex-president of Georgia is accused at home in several criminal cases at once. Thus, on November 10, hearings began in the case of his abuse of power after an order to law enforcement agencies to harshly disperse the protest rally on November 7, 2007 and a violent pogrom in the offices of the Imedi TV company. The prosecutor’s office also accuses Saakashvili of embezzling state funds in the amount of 9 million lari (about $ 3 million). Collectively, he faces at least nine years in prison.
Mikhail Saakashvili returned from Ukraine to Georgia on October 1 on the eve of the local elections to mobilize his supporters, was detained and arrested, after which he went on a hunger strike. Protests were held in Tbilisi and other cities in support of the former president.
Initially, Saakashvili was under arrest in the city of Rustavi, and on November 8 he was transferred to the Gldani prison hospital in Tbilisi “in order to prevent deterioration of his health.”
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