Today NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen expressed concern about the arrest of political opponents by the new government in Georgia, which won parliamentary elections on 1 October and formed a government, and urged them to avoid political arrests.
Recall that the ex-minister of defense and internal policyBachoAkhalaia, Chief of Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Georgia GiorgiKalandadze and commander of the 4th Infantry Brigade ZurabShamatava have been arrested in the last few days in Georgia. They all are accused of abuse of powers in office.In addition, Akhalaiais also accused of “illegal imprisonment.” As Alasania and President Saakashvilididn’t agree with the appointment Alasaniato the post of chief of the Georgian Armed Forces, criminal proceedings against George Kalandadze followed it.
“I am very concerned with what is happening after the election, not only arrests of political opponents in Georgia, It isimportant that these cases were not politically motivated.” – Rasmussen said at a meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Prague.
