Opposition politician Nika Melia, one of the leaders of Ahali and the Coalition for Change, has responded from prison to former President Mikheil Saakashvili, demanding that he reveal whom he is calling a “traitor.”
According to Melia, Saakashvili must name specific names directly and without ambiguity; otherwise, the public will not be able to learn the truth.
Saakashvili’s former ally claims that the so-called “anonymous traitors” allegedly influenced Saakashvili’s decisions, including his return to Georgia, and that the third president acted under their influence until 2022.
Melia insists that the public must learn all the facts to draw its own conclusions.
The politician also states that this is not a personal conflict, but rather about serious political arrangements and backroom deals that, according to him, affected the situation within the opposition and led to its split.
Separately, Melia rejects the accusations against him and speaks of a “slander campaign” by Saakashvili, including in the context of the events of May 26, when, according to him, his position and actions were misrepresented.
The opposition politician emphasizes that the conflict within the camp of the government’s opponents has become public and dangerous for the political process, and without the disclosure of all details, the public will not be able to get a full picture of what is happening.
In conclusion, Melia writes that tense relations and fundamental political differences have long existed between him and Saakashvili, claiming that their political cooperation in 2016–2021 effectively split the electorate, with the final break occurring at the end of 2021.
“I had my vision, he had his, and over time these two different views effectively split the party’s electorate in two, and in the end, the party resembled a coalition more than a party. The party had two politicians between whom a large electoral base was distributed almost equally.
Saakashvili accounted for 52%, and I accounted for 48%, according to data for May-June 2021, and this was already quite tangible back then.
Since the end of 2021, jealousy played its part, and what happened, happened. But there is still a great deal that the general public does not know and must soon learn the truth about—all the knots must be untied with specific, irrefutable facts, and after that, I am absolutely confident that everyone will be able to draw the right conclusions.
This is not just my feeling—it is my understanding and conscious conviction.
Therefore, I repeat once again: Saakashvili must very quickly name that very ‘anonymous’ person. He will no longer be able to get out of this situation with vague statements,” Nika Melia writes from custody.
As a reminder, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, the accused Nika Melia, released a letter from prison in which he spoke about the third president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili.
Melia wrote that “where Saakashvili is, there are no interests of the country, there are only private selfish interests, as he has an unhealthy self-admiration and cares only about his ego.”
The opposition politician also noted that Saakashvili “was forced to arrive before the local elections due to his own uncontrollable jealousy.”
According to Nika Melia, the constant accusations by Mikheil Saakashvili and periodic talk of alleged betrayal committed against him “serve solely as an attempt to cover up the specific story of his possible agreements with the authorities in exchange for traveling abroad, which, for a number of reasons, seriously worries him today.”
