I think that a hunger strike is not the form that should be used to force the state to make decisions, so I called on them to stop the hunger strike, to take care of their health. Such a statement made today the Speaker of Parliament, after visiting the hunger strikers [MPs from the United National Movement].

“Of course, it is their right and they can be on hunger strike. It is important that they cooperate with the apparatus of the Parliament and in this regard, there should be calmness in the legislature. Parliament is not the place to be called on such matters.

Georgia is a legal state, all issues are resolved through legal procedures, and calls, coercion, blackmail, especially at the cost of one’s own health, are unacceptable.

On the contrary, this kind of behavior ultimately encourages Mikheil Saakashvili not to cooperate more with the penitentiary system or with the doctors”, - said Shalva Papuashvili.