Georgia’s former foreign minister and opposition leader Grigol Vashadze was summoned for a police questioning as part of an ongoing investigation into the June 20-21 riots outside the country’s parliament, a spokesperson for the Georgian Interior Ministry has told TASS, APA reports.
"Grigol Vashadze will be interviewed as an eyewitness in the presence of a magistrate judge at the Tbilisi city court on July 18. Grigol Vashadze will respond to law enforcement officers’ questions regarding the events that took place outside the parliament on June 20-21," the source said.
Initially, Vashadze was summoned to testify at a police station, but refused giving his testimony in this format. Therefore, he will be interviewed in the presence of a judge, the ministry spokesperson said.
A number of senior Georgian opposition figures have already testified in the presence of a magistrate judge, including ex-Tbilisi mayor Gigi Ugulava, former defense minister Giorgi Baramidze and his fellow party member Khatia Dekanoidze (both from the the United National Movement party), leader of the National Democratic Party Bachuki Kardava, senior member of the Victorious Georgia party Gubaz Sanikidze and senior member of the Law and Justice party Irakli Glonti.
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