NGOs and lawyers respond to the facts of corruption in pardoning of prisoners , which were the topic of Saturday`s Courier.. According to their assessment, investigative structures should get interested in this information.

According to Dimitri Khachidze, chairman of the non-governmental organization "Article 42 of the Constitution", the suspicion of corruption may arise if the list of the Patriarchate sent to the pardon commission automatically means pardon.

"It is important that the Pardon Commission will see the list sent from the Patriarchate. It does not give you the privilege. This commission looks at the Patriarch"s list with some other eye and means to enter the Patriarchate list means pardon, then it is logical to believe that it can be a matter of corruption, "- Dimitri Khachidze said.

Recall that the record, which was obtained by "Courier",is the testimony of the former head of Patriarch`s Security Service, Soso Okhanashvili given on the cyanide case,. Inn his testimony Okhanashvili mentions concrete persons involved in drawing up a list of prisoners to be pardoned in the Patriarchate, in exchange for a certain amount. Shorena Tetruashvili is the head of the scheme. Okhanashvili mentioned Eka Beselia, Irma Chkadua and Nana Kakabadze in the same testimony. In addition, from the minutes of the court hearings, the Secretary of the Ilia II signed the documents of the Patriarchate, which exceeds her authority. Although these testimonies were given two months ago, no law enforcement agencies were interested in any of the cases.