There is no evidence for including Ivanishvili in the sanctioned list, Mamuka Mdinaradze says
By Liza Mchedlidze
Monday, September 12, 2022
Mamuka Mdinaradze, the chairman of the parliamentary faction "Georgian Dream" discussed the inclusion of Bidzina Ivanishvili in the list of sanctions by the National Anti-Corruption Agency of Ukraine with journalists and said that talking about any serious sanctions and lists will ultimately require evidence and there is no such evidence to base a certain decision on.
As Mdinaradze mentioned, not a single fact has been established that anyone deserves any sanction.
"Even Bidzina Ivanishvili's lawyer talks about certain informal sanctions himself. Imagine how much interest there is on the other side that even the Swiss banking system, which was one of the most solid systems for decades, has become secondary to the other interest we are talking about today.
Therefore, I think that without evidence, ultimately, there is nothing in nature to base a certain decision on. It will be difficult to talk about this topic, although the actual sanctions, which, for example, were imposed by the Swiss bank and Bidzina Ivanishvili's lawyer is talking about, are in our face. But talk of any serious sanctions and lists will ultimately require evidence. You cannot give me any evidence that can be used as a basis for any sanction.
"When our opponents, inside the country, hate this country even more and talk without evidence and arguments that Georgia is a "black hole" and every day they bake new "fakes" in order to pretend that the government is somehow damaged, at this time, in the eyes of the world, Georgia is damaged.
They don't shy away from this, and even in the background of all this, not a single proof has been voiced, not a single fact has been established that anyone deserves any sanctions or the country deserves such enmity, which they are carrying out," said Mdinaradze.
Mamuka Mdinaradze also discussed "Lelo's" request for the introduction of a visa regime with Russia.
"Lelo" - such a party does not exist, there is one party "National Movement", which is divided into "National Movement", "Lelo" and "Strategy Agmashenebeli", although it is Vashadze's two-member party. Actually, this is one nucleus that does everything to damage Georgia"
As Mamuka Mdinaradze pointed out, "a party of war and betrayal composed of stateless people will never succeed."
"I can't imagine, on the basis of so many "fakes", putting up so many fake, populist motions just to damage "Georgian dream", but at the expense of the state. What these people and their owners are doing causes damage to the image of our country and the citizens of Georgia in the eyes of many people around the world. This hysteria of theirs, which is inside the country and then they take it outside the country, causes damage to Georgia, they do not hesitate to damage the "Georgian Dream" and the Georgian state follows this. This is the enmity of Georgia and that is why we call them stateless people." he said.
