The President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, signed the act of pardoning Nika Gvaramia, the general director of Mtavari TV. The President announced the mentioned decision a few minutes ago at a briefing.
According to the President, she is not going to make an explanation about the decision, because the pardon is her discretionary right.
"Today I signed the act of pardoning Nikoloz Gvaramia. I made this decision after all legal steps were exhausted on June 19, when the Supreme Court did not accept the lawsuit. I am not going to make any explanation about this decision, because it is my discretionary right, which I use today," said Salome Zurabishvili.
For information, the founder of Mtavari TV Nika Gvaramia, who was found guilty by the court, was arrested on May 16, right in the court session hall.
The judge of the Tbilisi City Court, Lasha Chkhikvadze, found Nika Gvaramia partially guilty, reclassified part of the charges brought against him under Article 220, and sentenced him to 3 years and 6 months.
As a reminder, on September 6, 2020, the General Prosecutor's Office indicted Nika Gvaramia in the Rustavi 2 case. Nika Gvaramia was accused of embezzlement of a large amount of property rights belonging to Rustavi 2 by the group with a prior agreement, commercial bribery, forging of fake official documents, and legalization of illegal income. Nika Gvaramia is also accused of abuse of official authority. Gvaramia was given a bail of 40,000 GEL as a preventive measure. In addition, he had limited right to leave the country.
