UNM leader Dekanoidze accuses PM of hypocrisy after Khabeishvili verdict

Opposition politician Khatia Dekanoidze has accused Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze of hypocrisy after opposition leader Levan Khabeishvili was sentenced to prison.

In a social media post on Thursday, Dekanoidze said Kobakhidze was criticising democratic standards in Denmark while, according to her, the Georgian authorities were imprisoning a politician for public speech.

“Kobakhidze is worrying about democracy in Denmark, while at the same time, on the instructions of his direct superior, the system sentences a politician to two years in prison for public speech,” she wrote.

Dekanoidze argued that political promises and public statements were a normal part of political activity and accused the authorities of selectively applying justice.