"It is not really connected to anything, it was my decision," said Judge Giorgi Arevadze, judge of the City Court, who rendered the verdict for the third president of Georgia.

Giorgi Arevadze has sentenced Mikheil Saakashvili to three years imprisonment in connection with the pardon case.

Giorgi Arevadze is attending the concluding conference of the one-year working process of the judiciary.

The judge refrains from speaking about the details of the decision regarding this case.

Judge Aurevadze has dismissed his candidacy for getting permanent position of a judge in the High Council of Justice after delivering a sentence to Mikheil Saakashvili.

Giorgi Arevadze has passed all the previous proceedings and took the decision on the voting stage.

He wanted to change the institution and wanted to move from the city to the Appeal Court. If Giorgi Arevadze would not remove the candidacy and get the support of the council, he would be appointed as a permanent judge.

Judges" body is summarizing the results of one-year work of the judicial system at a special conference.