Tbilisi (GBC) - Nika Gvaramia, the leader of the Coalition for Change, who did not appear at the June 13 trial at the Tbilisi City Court and replaced the bail imposed as a preventive measure with imprisonment, went to Rustavi Penitentiary No. 12 himself.
Earlier, Nika Gvaramia wrote on social media: "Not a single step back! Our homeland is behind us! The oligarchy must fall! Glory to Georgia!".
During the trial, the prosecutor's office requested that the preventive measure imposed on Nika Gvaramia, the 30,000-GEL bail, be replaced with imprisonment. The judge granted the prosecutor's request and replaced Gvaramia's bail imposed as a preventive measure with imprisonment.
The accused politician did not pay the bail imposed on him within the period established by law.
Nika Gvaramia was summoned to give an explanation before the Temporary Investigative Commission of the Parliament of Georgia, where he did not appear. In this regard, he has been charged under Article 349 of the Criminal Code, which refers to "failure to comply with the request of the Temporary Investigative Commission of the Parliament of Georgia", which is punishable by a fine, or imprisonment for a term of up to one year, or deprivation of the right to hold a position or engage in activity for a term of up to three years.
Nika Gvaramia was granted bail of 30,000 GEL as a preventive measure, which was set at 50 days. The aforementioned period expired on June 7.
Several other politicians have been arrested on charges of failing to appear at the Tsulukiani Commission. Among them: former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili, Nika Melia, co-founder of the Akhali party and leader of the Girchi More Freedom party Zura Japaridze.
Criminal cases have also been opened against other politicians for failing to appear at the Tsulukiani Commission, who chose to pay bail rather than imprisonment. These are: Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze - 50,000 GEL each, Givi Targamadze - 10,000 GEL, and Giorgi Vashadze - 50,000 GEL.
