Minister of Justice, Rati Bregadze spoke at the briefing about the return of Mikheil Saakashvili from Gori Military Hospital to Establishment N12. According to the Minister, the convicted Saakashvili was transferred to Gori Military Hospital on November 19 for treatment and he received all the necessary medical services. Yesterday a decision was made to return the convict to the N12 penitentiary institution, which Mikheil Saakashvili did not obey.

"Since November 19, convict Mikheil Saakashvili has been transferred to Gori for treatment, where he has received all necessary medical services. Upon completion of the treatment, a decision was made to discharge him from the military hospital. He did not comply with the lawful request of the staff of the special penitentiary institution to be transferred to Rustavi N12 facility, and had some blood pressure problems on the grounds of anxiety and, consequently, the Special Penitentiary Service made a decision to temporarily postpone the legal transfer,” said Rati Bregadze.

Rati Bregadze did not comment on Saakashvili's health condition and said that experts in the relevant field should talk about it in detail.

"A lot of different information is spreading around and, naturally, I cannot talk about these speculations; only experts in the relevant field should talk about it in detail. As I have already told you, the treatment was completed in Gori Military Hospital, he was discharged from the hospital and, naturally, the prisoner could not be in the medical facility when the treatment was over and he was discharged from the relevant hospital. He did not agree with this decision. He did not obey the absolutely legal requirements of the staff of the Special Penitentiary Service. Later, as I have already mentioned, he had some blood pressure problems and, consequently, a decision was made to temporarily postpone his transfer," said Rati Bregadze.