Minister of Education and Science Nikoloz Gvaramia of Georgia
in the previous cabinet reshuffle on 5 December former Prosecutor-General Nikoloz Gvaramia was named education minister] have been heard in parliament.
The prosecutor general’s office has taken into account the legitimate interest shown by the public as well as MPs in the statements made by Irakli Okruashvili and Okruashvili’s lawyers’ appeal for a response to those statements and an investigation was started on this.
Former Justice Minister Nikoloz Gvaramia was offered the education and science portfolio; former Culture Minister Grigol Vashadze was named to head the Foreign Ministry; former Economic Development Minister Eka Sharashidze was named to head the presidential administration; and former National Security Council Secretary Aleksandre Lomaia will, according to rumors circulating in Tbilisi, be named Georgia's ambassador to the UN to replace Irakli Alasania.
Georgia’s Deputy Prosecutor General Nikoloz Gvaramia has announced at a briefing today that Georgia’s ex-defense minister charged with corruption, Irakli Okruashvili, gave up all his allegations against the authorities, expressed readiness to cooperate with the investigation, admitted that he had committed several offences and taking into accounted what is mentioned above, his preventive punishment can be substituted for bail, a REGNUM correspondent informs.
Tsotne Gamsakhurdia and Shalva Natelashvili "are accused of spying and plotting to overthrow the government of Georgia," Gvaramia said on national television.
Deputy Prosecutor General Nikoloz Gvaramia said on national television that the two men were accused of plotting a coup together with three Russians from the Russian embassy.
Tsotne Gamsakhurdia and Shalva Natelashvili "are accused of spying and plotting to overthrow the government of Georgia," Deputy Prosecutor General Nikoloz Gvaramia said on national television.
In a televised announcement following the arrest, Deputy Prosecutor-General Nikoloz Gvaramia said that Okruashvili was charged with extortion, money laundering, abuse of office, and negligence.
Speaking live on Rustavi 2 TVs late-night political talk show Primetime, Gvaramia said that an investigation into an alleged attempted coup was still ongoing; however, he said, Patarkatsishvili was no longer a suspect.