Justice
General Auditor has abused my honor and dignity with his groundless public statements – Otar Partskhaladze
Georgian Public Broadcaster has released the statement by Georgia’s former chief prosecutor, Otar Partskhaladze regarding the alleged incident with Chief Auditor, Lasha Tordia.
“I would like to comment on the incident related to general auditor Lasha Todria. Primarily, it should be outlined that the initiator of the conflict was Lasha Tordia, who was under influence of alcohol. I was at one of the clubs on the Shardeni Street with my friends, where as it turned out afterwards, Tordia was also partying. The drunken auditor rushed towards us just when we were leaving and his aggressive behavior caused a little conflict which ended soon.
Apparently, he has kept the memories about my activities at the law enforcement body related to my work and I am going to provide the investigation with this information. The lies he is telling by televisions seems to be aimed at accusing others of his wrongdoings, however, I don’t rule out that he may not remember most of the details as he was very drunk.
The main thing I want to say is that I am absolutely prepared to cooperate with the investigation, because it is in my interests to find the truth and to respond to the dirty PR campaign launched by Tordia against me with the help of his friends and party colleagues.
As for his argument as if he was or is inspecting some circumstances related to my work, I want everybody to know that I have not been a public figure for a long time, since my resignation from the position of the chief prosecutor and I am prepared to answer the questions on any of my actions both during my work at the public sector and afterwards.
The fact that the general auditor, whose only function is to inspect state offices, publicly releases information about an individual person, alleging me of wrongdoings, instead of publishing relevant information and evaluating the work of specific state offices, also raises questions. These circumstances also emphasize his partiality and interest towards discrediting me. Therefore, nothing of what he has said shall be relied on and anything that he may publish about me regarding the incident started by him, will be partial and also it will exceed the frames of the competence of his office.
Therefore, I urge for immediate investigation by competent authorities of the materials on which the general auditor may be talking, regardless of the office they may refer and which may have connection with the abovementioned incident, because the groundless public statements made by general auditor, which can and will not be supported by evidence, my honor and dignity has been abused, my constitutional rights have been breached, including the presumption of innocence; by means of my attorneys I am going to apply to every legal mean to restore my beached rights and to make the general auditor apologize for slander.
And finally, Lasha Todria is well known with his addiction to alcohol and along with this addiction, he often misbehaves when drunk that is not acceptable for a senior authority as he roughly violates public order; therefore, for perfect investigation and identification of his behavior in such condition, I am presenting a motion and urge the investigation to probe into each similar fact and action, which he might have committed when drunk. I’ve worked at the law enforcement bodies for a long time and I know that such facts were frequent”, - Otar Partskhaladze has stated.