According to Minister of Justice, Rati Bregadze, the Special Penitentiary Service publishes the footage of Mikheil Saakashvili’s transfer to N18 facility in order to inform the public. According to Rati Bregadze, the investigation into the fact of physical and verbal abuse by Saakashvili against the employees of the institution and the damage to medical equipment has already been launched by the General Inspection of the Ministry and the State Inspector's Office.

"Our goal was, is and always will be to inform the public and tell them the truth. To this end, the Special Penitentiary Service publishes footage that will provide our population with information on how prisoner Saakashvili was housed in N18 medical facility; and also, on the fact how Saakashvili physically and verbally abused the employees of the institution and damaged the medical equipment. As I have already told you, the Ministry of Justice has responded to the already mentioned fact and this fact is already being investigated by the State Inspector,” said Minister of Justice, Rati Bregadze.