I am ready to take any oath, whether it be under the Constitution, civil procedure, or religious oath before the Bible, that I have never received any phone from any president of Georgia. Such a statement made today Tina Bokuchava, Chairperson on the UNM.

“There is no evidence of this. This is complete slander, which I have been hearing since 2012. Slander, which must be investigated by an independent court.

I am ready to take any oath, whether it be under the Constitution, civil procedure, or religious oath before the Bible, that I have never received any phone from any president of Georgia, including the third president, at any time during any year. Therefore, I will certainly demand answers regarding this slander and this accusation from the relevant individuals once Georgia has an independent court. I will certainly demand answers to this.

For 11 years, prosecutors, who were trained in this case, were looking for evidence that President Saakashvili had embezzled any budget funds, but they found no evidence during these 11 years”, - said Tina Bokuchava.

For the context: the prosecution accused Mikheil Saakashvili and the former Head of the Special State Protection Service, Teimuraz Janashvili, of embezzling large amounts of budget funds. According to the prosecution, the expenses amounted to over 9 million GEL over 3 years and 9 months, and the expenses primarily involved members of the Government, politicians, their associated individuals. According to the Prosecution, “GEL 1600 was paid for the purchase of an iPhone mobile phone for Tina Bokuchava”.