They wanted to catch two hares today: to cover up the Khabeishvili case, and at the same time to hand Burchuladze two pens and tell him to write down in detail everything he knows about Gharibashvili’s corruption or some other crime – they are now turning against Gharibashvili, since Burchuladze was his appointee, – said Aleko Elisashvili, one of the leaders of “Lelo – Strong Georgia,” on PalitraNews’ program Free Studio.
According to Elisashvili, for “Georgian Dream,” corruption is not a problem – “they simply got tangled up with Irakli Gharibashvili.”
“Juanser Burchuladze was a thoroughbred bribe-taker; he did nothing else in the Ministry of Defense. Everyone in ‘Georgian Dream’ is corrupt, and they only arrested him when they thought it was necessary. Everyone knew he was corrupt, but they arrested him only to cover up Khabeishvili’s arrest. That’s all. I don’t believe Juanser, the deeply respected one, stole just one million.
Lately, the people in ‘Georgian Dream’ sometimes suddenly get back pain, sometimes suddenly decide to commit suicide, and today what did they say? That Burchuladze fell at home, had a concussion, and was taken to ‘Vivamedi.’ Don’t rule out that our Burchuladze was properly beaten up and taken to prison that way.
They wanted to kill two hares today: cover up the Khabeishvili case and hand two pens to Burchuladze, telling him – write everything you know in detail about Gharibashvili’s corruption or other crimes. I don’t think Burchuladze is the kind of man who wouldn’t ask for pens,” – said Elisashvili.
Asked whether Juanser Burchuladze is a political prisoner, Elisashvili said no.
“No, he’s not a political prisoner. He is detained for a political motive, but if ‘Georgian Dream’ really wanted to fight corruption, they would have to arrest themselves entirely. There isn’t a single cleaner or guard in ‘Georgian Dream’ who isn’t stealing something,” – Elisashvili stated.
As for Levan Khabeishvili’s arrest and charges, Elisashvili said Khabeishvili’s statement about offering 200,000 GEL was an ordinary election promise, and “by that logic, Bidzina Ivanishvili should also be arrested, since in 2012 he promised every village 5 million GEL.”
“Levan is a very brave young man. Fearless and courageous, I deeply respect people who are relentless and fighters. Solidarity to him. It is absolute nonsense that he was arrested for allegedly offering bribes to policemen. By that logic, Bidzina Ivanishvili should be arrested 55 times – wasn’t that conman promising us free money? He said 5 million for each village. Shouldn’t he be arrested for that then? We should all be arrested too, since we said pensions should be increased to 1,000 GEL. Now we’re saying medicines should be free for pensioners and socially vulnerable people – should we be arrested for that too? It was an ordinary election promise. Did anyone actually receive that 200,000 GEL?” – Elisashvili stated.
Aleko Elisashvili: They wanted to catch two hares at once – to cover up the Khabeishvili case, and at the same time, they want to hand a pen to Burchuladze, telling him: write down in detail everything you know about Gharibashvili’s corruption; They are turning against Gharibashvili
