MPs Sozar Subari, Dimitri Khundadze and Mikheil Kavelashvili, former members of the Georgian dream, address US Ambassador Kelly Degnan with another open letter.

“More than 2 weeks passed since we addressed you with an open letter and several questions that are of particular interest to the Georgian society. However, unfortunately, none of our questions were answered.

We clarify once again that the purpose of us asking questions was not to attack the US, but to protect its positive image and reputation. It was important for us that the Georgian society did not lose confidence in its strategic partner and did not even get to the level of suspicion that its goal is to return the UNM to power and to make Georgia a second front in order to better deter Russian military aggression in Ukraine.

We thought that in case of deepening of such doubts, the high trust of the society towards Western institutions, in strengthening of which the current government of Georgia makes a special contribution, would be severely damaged. Our main goal was to avoid undermining the public’s trust in the US and to prevent damage to the reputation of Western institutions. That is why we felt obliged to ask you some questions, to which we expected to receive clear answers instead of insults.

We remind you once again about the content of the mentioned questions:

1. We were wondering if you disagreed with the rhetoric of Georgian radicals, their foreign lobbyists and the highest-ranking representatives of the Ukrainian government, which was aimed at opening a second front in Georgia. Madam Ambassador, you called the facts listed by us lies, however, all the statements we mentioned were made in public space and they were widely covered by the media. By not answering the question, you have left us with the only way to conclude that not only do you not distance yourself from the rhetoric of war, but it is your principled decision to encourage it.

2. Our next question was about Bakuriani meeting. We were wondering if you would distance yourself from this gathering, where the representatives of the radical opposition and related NGOs and media outlets were trained by Peter Ackerman, who came from America, to organize a revolution. We were also interested in whether you disagreed with the demand made later by the participants of the Bakuriani gathering for the resignation of the legitimately elected government and formation of the so-called technical government. We did not hear your answer to these questions, which we perceive as a proof that, unfortunately, you sympathized with Bakuriani gathering and supported the resignation of the government;

3. As you know, first by the TV stations belonging to the UNM, and later by the judges, information was spread that: a) Judge Chkhikvadze was summoned by an employee of your Embassy; b) The employee of the Embassy requested a report on the Gvaramia case from judge Chkhikvadze on your behalf; c) At the end of the meeting, the employee of the Embassy informed the judge Chkhikvadze about his removal from the planned visit in a few days. We wondered if you would confirm this fact, which is, unequivocally, a gross violation of the Constitution of Georgia and the Vienna Convention and a gross violation of the independence of the court. It was desirable to hear from you a negative assessment of such a possible fact, which would strengthen the public"s belief that none of the employees of the American Embassy will attempt to interfere with the independence of the court and introduce clan elements into the system in the future. However, you neither denied nor evaluated this fact, which finally strengthened our belief that the information spread first by the National ­Movement and then by the judges is true, and you want to present such a gross interference in the independence of the court as a norm;

4. Finally, we could not get an answer to the question whether you had a meeting with Bidzina Ivanishvili after the war in Ukraine. A negative answer to this question would shed light on many unanswered questions and dispel many doubts, among them, at least to some extent, it would dispel the doubt about the possible connection between the actions of the Swiss bank and the interest of Georgia’s involvement in the war. However, leaving the question unanswered by you, on the contrary, finally confirms this suspicion”, - reads the letter.