Saakashvili swears that he will not turn into Lyashko
Poroshenko is threatening the fugitive ex-president of Georgia, the organizer of protests near the Verkhovna Rada, Mikheil Saakashvili, with deportation if he does not stop criticizing the authorities.
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Saakashvili himself stated this on the NewsOne television channel, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent . According to him, Poroshenko's representative visited the protesters' camp and suggested that Saakashvili redirect the protest to other figures, and also prohibited criticism of corruption in the defense sector.
“Three days ago, a person whom I know well came to me, he talked with the inner circle of Pyotr Alekseevich, and he conveyed to me a message from Pyotr Alekseevich... There are two demands for me: first, I must attack Yulia Tymoshenko, because Tymoshenko is not for him I like it... I’m not some kind of Lyashko, to attack someone on the order of Poroshenko or someone else... The second thing he told me is an absolute taboo, that I have no right to touch upon corruption in the defense sector. If I do not fulfill these two conditions, it was conveyed to me very clearly, they pointed out to me the fate of three Georgians, who were seized on the street absolutely lawlessly without trial or investigation and deported to Georgia,” Saakashvili said.
Saakashvili vows not to turn into Lyashko