Justice
Ivanishvili to file a lawsuit against government 01.08.2012 18:12

Leader of the Georgian Dream Coalition, Bidzina Ivanishvili plans to file a lawsuit against the government of Georgia at international arbitrary court - press speaker of the coalition Maia Panjikidze announced at the briefing today. - "Rustavi2"

She said the international legal assistance company Skadden has taken the obligation of protecting the interests of Bidzina Ivanishvili at the international court. The company`s experts have already prepared a legal document, which will be sent to the president of Georgia and the Ministry of Justice, which will be given two-week deadline for preparing an agreement with Bidzina Ivanishvili for redress of damage. If the agreement is not reached, the complaint will be sent to the International Center of Investment Disputes of the World Bank in Washington for further discussion.

Representatives of the Georgian Dream do not specify the amount of compensation they are demanding from the government of Georgia; however, two weeks ago, Ivanishvili`s lawyers said it might be several hundreds of millions of dollars.