"Those referred in my speech personally were Otkhozoria, Tatunashvili, Basharuli. My speech was about the system as a whole and not about one specific person," said the Minister of Justice when asked by Salome Samadashvili, a member of the parliamentary minority, about the former convicted president.

According to Rati Bregadze, Mikheil Saakashvili had 292 visitors during his stay in the 12th and 18th institutions. He enjoyed all rights like all other prisoners. All kinds of medical services were provided, whatever it took. In the same 12th facility, an emergency vehicle was specially on duty to rule out a theoretical chance of deterioration of the prisoner’s health.

"As for written consent, I will give you one piece of advice, Ms. Salome Samadashvili, you know the website of the Legislative Herald, you can open the Detention Code and look at Article 46, and you will answer for yourself whether written consent was needed," said Rati Bregadze.

The Minister also responded to the statement of the opposition MP regarding the informal government: “We have an exchange of views with each other. But it is you who are accustomed to informal governance. You have an elected chairperson here, but decisions are made by a citizen of Ukraine who does not have the right to exercise active or passive suffrage in Georgia. You do not obey the party structure, but a foreign citizen, and if you can give an example of a classic informal government, I will applaud you,’ said Rati Bregadze.