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in my car and everybody confirmed that I had not breached the rules but police officers
fined me 200 lari. On August 7, I was stopped at petrol-station in Kavshiri village and they
fined me 100 lari. They accused me of crossing the axial line though I had not because I
knew that the police car was following me. The next day I was in Georgian Dream‟s office in
Lagodekhi. Having left office, I went to the village; the police followed and stopped me. I
had passengers in the car; everybody had their seat belts on but police officer accused us of
not; as a result I was fined 40 lari,” Merab Ivanashvili told ICK.
Police officers fined another member of Georgian Dream, Kakhaber Kevlishvili, 400 lari in
Lagodekhi. Two administrative protocols were drawn up on Kevlishvili for having
incorrectly outrun cars. “I told police officers I had not outrun any car and that they were
fining me illegally. They said I could complain about their protocol anywhere I wished,”
Kakhaber Kevlishvili said.
Another member of Georgian Dream, Gia Bitsadze, was fined 100 lari in Lagodekhi. “I was
blamed for crossing the axial line when I had not done it. But I cannot prove the opposite,”
Bitsadze said.
According to the ICK‟s information, on August 5 and 9 police officers fined Levan Khvistani,
member of Georgian Dream‟s Telavi office. They drew up administrative protocol on him
alleging he did not have permission to transfer his car from petrol to auto-gas and for having
breached traffic rules.
Representatives of the Kakheti Department of the Patrol Police and the Kakheti regional
MIA department did not comment on the massive fining of Georgian Dream‟s members in
the region.
None of the people who were fined have sued the imposed administrative protocols. They
said it is useless because it will not change anything.
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