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The ruling party‟s majoritarian candidate Mikheil Nikoleishvili was in Gomi village together
with the activists of the National Movement to oppose Kakhi Kaladze‟s supporters; they tried
to fail the meeting.
The verbal argument between opposition parties turned into physical controversy. Deputy
head of Samtredia district police Amino Adamia also witnessed the incident from his car.
Madina Tavadze said none of the National Movement‟s activists were Gomi residents and
they were brought to the village to provoke incident. 38
18. Sub-coordinator of the Georgian Dream‟s office in Kistauri village, Akhmeta district
Teona Tatulashvili left the Coalition as a result of oppression. Georgian Dream‟s member
Zaza Lagazidze told ICK that police officer Zakaria Beriashvili was intimidating Teona
Tatulashvili.
“She is a young girl with a little child. She worked as a sub-coordinator during two weeks
and was agitating in the village. Police officer Zakaria Beriashvili, who is her neighbor,
threatened her several times with firing her mother and brother-in-law from jobs unless she
left the Coalition. He threatened him with creating some other problems too. Teona‟s mother
works at a kindergarten and has a salary of 50 or 70 lari,” Zaza Lagazidze told ICK.
ICK called Teona Tatulashvili but she said “I cannot say anything; I have left it [Coalition],
good-bye.”
Police officer Zakaria Beriashvili did not comment on the fact. 39
19. Suliko Mikeladze –the oppositionist member of Khelvachauri municipal board states that
he might be arrested. Oleg Mikeladze-the investigator of Khelvachauri police department
contacted him by telephone and asked to appear at the questioning as whiteness in the case
launched under Article 362 of the Criminal Code of Georgia.
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39 http://www.humanrights.ge/index.php?a=main&pid=15371&lang=geo
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