David Sakvarelidze
David Georgievich Sakvarelidze (born 15 September 1981, in Tbilisi) is a Ukrainian and former Georgian politician, prosecutor, and attorney.
Biography
He was Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Georgia from 2008 to 2012. He pursued a zero-tolerance policy for crime.[1] In early June 2011 Sakvarelidze said he has requested the Tbilisi City Court issue an arrest warrant for Badri Bitsadze, who was accused of organizing attacks on policemen during anti-governmental protests in May 2011 and did not pay 100,000 Laris for bail.[2]
Sakvarelidze was an MP in the Parliament of Georgia, representing the opposition United National Movement party, between 2012 and 2015.
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On 16 February 2015 Sakvarelidze was appointed as Deputy General Prosecutor of Ukraine.[3] Sakvarelidze was also granted Ukrainian citizenship.[4] In office he accused colleagues of taking bribes to protect the freezing of assets of allegedly gained from corruption.[5] In March 2016 he was fired from the General Prosecutor office charged with a “gross violation of the rules of prosecutorial ethics”.[5]
Sakvarelidze is a key ally of Mikheil Saakashvili. Sakvarelidze created a new political party in autumn 2016 that claims Saakashvili as its “ideologist.”[6] At the end of 2016 he joined Saakashvili's Movement of New Forces party.[7][8]
References
- "МЦР". icrua.org. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-07-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Georgian MP from UNM Appointed as Ukraine's Deputy Chief Prosecutor". Civil Georgia. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- "Georgian-born Sakvarelidze Sacked by Ukraine's Disgraced Prosecutor General". Georgia Today. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- Bullough, Oliver (12 April 2017). "The money machine: how a high-profile corruption investigation fell apart". Retrieved 5 December 2017 – via www.theguardian.com.
- Mikheil Saakashvili Resigns Post in Ukraine, Citing Corruption New York Times
- "Саакашвілі провів збори свого "Руху". Вимагав перевиборів". Українська правда. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- "Новини - Українська правда". pda.pravda.com.ua. Retrieved 5 December 2017.