A CASE OF POLITICAL PRESSURE / THREATS AND OBSTRUCTION
2020-10-26
European Georgia press office reported that someone threw a brick at the office of majoritarian candidate Otar Kakhidze in Kutaisi. They could not break the windows, but the banner was damaged. According to Kakhidze, the fact is clearly visible in the footage of surveillance cameras.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the investigation was launched under Article 187.1 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, involving damaging or destroying someone’s property. Kutaisi City Court assessed the crime committed by M.G. as an administrative offence (Article 166 of the Code of Administrative Offences), in particular, as hooliganism and issued a verbal reprimand.


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