The News in Brief
Tuesday, December 7
Prepared by the Messenger Staff
Droa’s Leader Elene Khoshtaria Meets With Saakashvili at Gori Military Hospital
Elene Khoshtaria, the leader of political party Droa met with Mikheil Saakashvili at the Gori Military Hospital.
After the meeting, he said he would continue to fight for early elections and the release of Mikheil Saakashvili.
"Under this government, it is impossible to live a single day without a fight.
We have a very clear task in the fight, this is an extraordinary election and no one should think that it will be pushed to the background by some form of manipulation.
Without snap elections, there is no protected person in this country under illegitimate government and seized institutions.
And my clear task is to stop the act of revenge against Mikheil Saakashvili. This is not a matter of political expediency and approval. Mikheil Saakashvili and I are on different platforms, we talked about it. "Nevertheless, I can not rest until he is in this condition," Khoshtaria said.
Elene Khoshtaria was on a hunger strike for 17 days demanding that Mikheil Saakashvili be transferred to a civilian clinic.
Shalva Papuashvili Says UNM is Fighting to Remove Ivanishvili's Role from History, Calls it Censorship
“The UNM is not only fighting to remove information about Bidzina Ivanishvili from the textbook of modern history. They are also fighting to remove the role of this man from History. This is a fight against History, this is direct censorship!” Shalva Papuashvili, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Science stated.
According to Papuashvili, there is a system for assessing school textbooks; the textbooks are released in advance, and anybody may become acquainted with them and give remarks before the books are accepted. There were no negative comments on the book, according to the MP.
“There is an attempt to interfere in politics with education and politicians present them as censors of the 21st century. According to the national curriculum, one of the components of Georgian history is the teaching of modern history. The public saw quotes and excerpts taken out of context, which were cut off from the context. In general, that chapter discusses the political leaders of recent years. Among them are Mikheil Saakashvili, Zurab Zhvania, Eduard Shevardnadze. This is part of our history of what adults need to learn. The agitation we are seeing is another example of 21st century censors,” Papuashvili said.
Droa’s Leader Elene Khoshtaria Meets With Saakashvili at Gori Military Hospital
After the meeting, he said he would continue to fight for early elections and the release of Mikheil Saakashvili.
"Under this government, it is impossible to live a single day without a fight.
We have a very clear task in the fight, this is an extraordinary election and no one should think that it will be pushed to the background by some form of manipulation.
Without snap elections, there is no protected person in this country under illegitimate government and seized institutions.
And my clear task is to stop the act of revenge against Mikheil Saakashvili. This is not a matter of political expediency and approval. Mikheil Saakashvili and I are on different platforms, we talked about it. "Nevertheless, I can not rest until he is in this condition," Khoshtaria said.
Elene Khoshtaria was on a hunger strike for 17 days demanding that Mikheil Saakashvili be transferred to a civilian clinic.
Shalva Papuashvili Says UNM is Fighting to Remove Ivanishvili's Role from History, Calls it Censorship
According to Papuashvili, there is a system for assessing school textbooks; the textbooks are released in advance, and anybody may become acquainted with them and give remarks before the books are accepted. There were no negative comments on the book, according to the MP.
“There is an attempt to interfere in politics with education and politicians present them as censors of the 21st century. According to the national curriculum, one of the components of Georgian history is the teaching of modern history. The public saw quotes and excerpts taken out of context, which were cut off from the context. In general, that chapter discusses the political leaders of recent years. Among them are Mikheil Saakashvili, Zurab Zhvania, Eduard Shevardnadze. This is part of our history of what adults need to learn. The agitation we are seeing is another example of 21st century censors,” Papuashvili said.