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Journalist Blames the Vice-Governor of Kakheti Region for Spreading False Information about Him

July 13, 2009

Journalist Gela Mtivlishvili blames Giorgi Sibashvili, the deputy Kakheti regional governor for spreading false and insulting information about him. The journalist advises Sibashvili to stop persecution of the correspondents who do not obey the local authority. The case is about the article “Clan of Sibashvili in Kakheti Region” which was published on our website several days ago. Sibashvili’s comments were added to the article without any change and he replied to the accusations of the journalist Gela Mtivlishvili in other media means and now he accuses the journalist.

“It is not for the first time that the newspaper Imedi is closed. From the parliamentary elections of May 21, 2008 till December of 2008 this newspaper was closed. Mtivlishvili published the article “Clan of Vice-governor of Kakheti region” where he wrote that I ruled the region with the support of clans. The most important thing is that he sent this article to my email a day before and wrote he was going to publish this article and wanted to know my opinion about it. I told him I was ready for struggle. I knew more than he could even imagine. Let us see what the results would be. I like scandals too. Is not it strange why Mtivlishvili behaves like that? I do not think journalists send articles to the main character of their articles and ask them about opinions. This man says that Sibashvili is a problem for him. Yes, I am really a problem for him because I do not satisfy his complaints. Several days ago, he asked me to recommend Lominashvili on the position of school director; I refused because it was not within my competence”, mentioned Sibashvili in his interview with the newspaper Kviris Palitra.

Journalist Gela Mtivlishvili thinks that accuses of deputy Governor is groundless. “Sibashvili tells lies in this case. His aim is to disregard me as well as those people who are respected in the region. That’s why employees of the Department for Constitutional Security persecute us. First of all, because of financial situation the newspaper broke its circulation but it has never been closed before. The second, I really sent him my article because there were many facts which must have been commented. I gave him a chance to say what he wanted. I see nothing bad in it. As for his accusation as if I asked him to recommend somebody, it is false. Manana Lominashvili, a philologist by profession, and I really worked together; but it was beyond my competence to ask somebody to appoint her at the position of school director. Furthermore, I would have never asked Sibashvili to appoint her, because I knew he had selected his relative for the position”, said the journalist.

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