Burjanadze’s Party Activist Arrested for Arms Charges

Police arrested on June 6 an activist from Nino Burjanadze’s party Democratic Movement-United Georgia (DMUG) for alleged illegal purchase, possession and carrying of firearm.

The Interior Ministry said in a statement that Gocha Tsiklauri, a former employee of the Interior Ministry’s armament service, carried “unregistered” TT handgun at the time of arrest.

In a statement released on June 6, DMUG condemned the arrest of its activist as part of “the authoritarian regime’s struggle against political opponents.”

“Apparently this arrest is a result of the President’s [June 5] statement in which Saakashvili has openly said that the leader of our party, Nino Burjanadze, ‘creates problems’ for him,” DMUG said.

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