‘’The State Security Service announced that they have started to investigate the case. This, of course, is a serious accusation, and this is the first Georgian citizen to come under such sanctions. That is why SSSG is working on this issue, and, among other things, appeals to our American partners to provide evidence that this decision was based on. We have said that the Georgian society will be fully informed on the proceedings,’’ said the Speaker of the Parliament Shalva Papuashvili regarding the sanctioning of former Prosecutor General of Georgia, Otar Partskhaladze.
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He added that Partskhaladze has had no connection to politics or public service for the last 10 years.
Before that, the general secretary of the governing party Georgian Dream, and the mayor of Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze said that more information should be released by the United States regarding the sanctions against Partskhaladze.
‘’I believe that, first and foremost, the population of our country deserves some clarification when their fellow citizen is sanctioned and accused of specific wrongdoing. When we say that the study of the case has started, we mean that the relevant agency will address their counterparts requesting the provision of additional information on this matter.
Do you remember, in the case of judges, when a decision was made regarding the restriction of visas, but no one could make sense of the justification – as to why this decision was made? I think, at least when talking about a strategic partner, the reasons for such decisions should be explained to the public,’’ said Kaladze.
On September 14, it became known that the USA imposed sanctions on the former chief prosecutor of Georgia, Otar Partskhaladze. The State Department document names Partskhaladze as a Georgian-Russian oligarch with whom Russia's Federal Security Service [FSB] worked to influence Georgian society and politics in Russia's favor.
On April 5 of this year, the United States State Department banned three current and one former Georgian judges - Mikheil Chinchaladze, Levan Murusidze, Irakli Shengelia, and Valerian Tsertsvadze, as well as their immediate family members - from entering the United States, due to their involvement in significant corrupt activities. According to the department's explanation, these persons abused their positions as court chairpersons and members of the Supreme Council of Justice, thereby harming the rule of law and the public's trust in the Georgian judicial system.
