Georgian TV Interviews Giorgadze
A weekly political talk-show aired by Rustavi 2 television stationed interviewed wanted ex-security chief Igor Giorgadze on May 25. It was first appearance of Giorgadze on the Georgian television since he became a fugitive in 1995.
Giorgadze, who was speaking live from Moscow, said people should vote for his pro-Russian Justice Party if Georgia wants to restore its territorial integrity. Giorgadze is wanted by Georgia for terrorism charges.
In a joint statement issued on May 25 leaders of the four opposition parties – New Rights, Republicans, Conservative and Freedom – condemned Igor Giorgadze’s political activities and alleged that the Saakashvili administration will try to create “a political scarecrow” out of Giorgadze.
“It is absolutely real that Saakashvili and Giorgadze will try to create opposite political poles in order to neutralize major opposition forces – the policy which was often resorted by [ex-President Eduard] Shevardnadze and [ex-Adjarian leader Aslan] Abashidze in the past,” the opposition parties’ statement reads.
