Georgian President said that pardoning Mikheil Saakashvili would lead to more polarization in Georgia. Salome Zourabichvili stated about it in an interview with Foreign Policy.

“I pardoned a number of the leaders of Saakashvili’s party. At that time [last year], I was thinking that this would help the process of internal depolarization. Here, we are in a completely reverse position, which is that pardoning Saakashvili would be a matter for intense polarization in Georgia.

And as I’ve said, there is a different issue that if he’s really diagnosed for any serious illness, then I think that all the measures should be taken to protect his health. What is most important, given the security situation we are in, is to maintain unity”, - said Salome Zourabichvili.