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Mkinvartsveri. Several days later he was fired from his job; Jaba was a rescue team member
in Gudauri,” Nona Sujashvili, head of Georgian Dream‟s Kazbegi office told ICMM.
She also said that another Georgian Dream supporter, Giorgi Tsamalaidze was also fired from
his job at a hotel in Gudauri.
“A nurse at the Kazbegi District Hospital, Diana Avsanjashvili, was also compelled to quit her
job because of her political affiliation. Tsitsia Katsashvili, the head of the Culture Service of
Kazbegi District Administration, was also fired after her husband publicly declared his
discontent with the United National Movement (UNM). Several employees of the Liberty
Bank‟s Kazbegi office, including the head of the office, Nino Kushashvili, were compelled to
hand in resignation letters because of their support for the Georgian Dream. According to
our information, Mtskheta-Mtianeti regional governor Tsezar Chocheli demanded that the
Liberty Bank administration fire them. Patrol police also targets our activists and supporters.
They have imposed hefty fines on the Georgian Dream‟s supporters,” Nona Sujashvili said.
Kazbegi district governor Davit Gudushauri said that Tsitsia Katsashvili quit her job by her
own volition. “A week ago, she filed her resignation letter because the family runs a business
and needed help with it. Some people do not fulfill their duties properly and do not treat old
people properly when they applied to the Culture Service for help. We should not connect
everybody‟s resignation with the opposition parties,” the Kazbegi district governor said.
Dodo Bochorishvili, the head of the Public Relations Department at Liberty Bank
categorically denied any information about political motives being behind the dismissal of
people from their Kazbegi office: “We do not fire people on political grounds. It is incorrect
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12. According to Dato Lortkipanidze,the majoritarian candidate of the coalition Georgian
Dream in Vani, Naira Khhavtasi and her husband Rostom Kikabidze,residents of Vani, were
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