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Rati Bregadze: "Who Would Have Taken Responsibility, If Saakashvili's Health Condition Had Deteriorated in Court?"
According to Minister of Justice, Rati Bregadze, the Special Penitentiary Service made the decision not to take Mikheil Saakashvili to court taking into account his health interests.
"Yes, the Special Penitentiary Service made this decision because prisoner Saakashvili refused to continue the essential part of his medical treatment and it was possible that his health condition would have deteriorated, and if this would have happened in court, who would have been responsible for this?" said the Minister, emphasizing that the agency acts in the best interests of the prisoner.
Rati Bregadze named the security factor as one of the reasons for not being transferred. According to the Minister of Justice, the public saw how people gathered in front of the court trying to obstruct the trial. According to the Minister, presence of prisoner Saakashvili at the trial might have aggravated the situation even more: "Naturally, we cannot allow such actions in any case."