It is good that the processes are being observed, however, the observation should not turn into interference, - the member of the parliamentary majority, Davit Matikashvili, thus responded to the statement released by the European External Action Service regarding Nika Gvaramia.

According to him, the court makes decisions independently.

"I would like to remind our partners about the process regarding Rustavi 2, which ended a few years ago and which caused a great stir. After each court session, the public heard numerous statements about bias, interference, etc. However, this process in the Supreme Court of Georgia, which later went to the European Court, ended with the fact that the proceedings of the Georgian court turned out to be completely correct and all those statements, concerns based on perceptions, etc., turned out to be uninformative, lies, because there were no arguments behind them," Matikashvili said.

The Spokesperson for the European External Actions Service released a statement regarding the verdict of the Tbilisi Court of Appeal in the case of Nika Gvaramia, the Director General of the Main Channel. As mentioned in the statement, the European Union has been monitoring this case closely.

According to the statement, stronger efforts to guarantee a free, professional, pluralistic and independent media environment, notably by ensuring that criminal procedures brought against media owners fulfil the highest legal standards represents one of the priorities identified by the European Commission.

source: IPN