Georgian president vows to ‘never’ pardon Saakashvili

President Salome Zurabishvili said she will never pardon former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who was detained Oct. 1 in Tbilisi, Report informs referring to Civil.ge.

“Because I’ll never forget the eyes of Irina Enukidze, or of those people, who waited for justice but could not live to this day,” the President Zurabishvili noted as a reason behind her stance, referring to the mother of 28-year-old Sandro Girgvliani, beaten and left to die by security officers in 2006.

“Because I remain loyal to that spirit that drove me..[..].. to fight with my bare hands against [Saakashvili] regime that crushed human rights, business freedom and the rule of law,” President Zurabishvili went on, adding that Saakashvili does not deserve pardon also for abandoning the Georgian citizenship and for illegally crossing into Georgian soil.

Noting that the ex-President arrived in Georgia “against all of the international advises and warnings,” President Zurabishvili accused him of attempts to destabilize the country amid Oct. 2 local elections.

“From now on, the law will rule, and a new page will open for the development of Georgia - not that of revanche, but of depolarization,” she said.