Saakashvili Comments on Patarkatsishvili’s Death

“Regardless of the fact that Badri Patarkatsishvili was accused of a grave crime against the State, every person’s death is a great tragedy,” President Saakashvili said in a written statement issued by his press office late on Wednesday evening, February 13.

“I express my sorrow and condolences to his family and close friends,” he added.

Patarkatsishvili had been charged by the General Prosecutor’s Office on January 10 with conspiring to overthrow the government and plotting and planning two separate “terrorist acts”, one of which was allegedly aimed at Vano Merabishvili, the interior minister.

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