When false information appears in the report of the US State Department, it is unfortunate, it casts a shadow - if Kezerashvili is presented in a positive light in any report, it is a problem with the report, - said the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, thus responding to the 2023 report of the US State Department on human rights.

With this, he answered the journalist's question, as he evaluates the fact that the report mentions that "media rights defenders expressed concern that the dispute between the Ministry of Defense and Kezerashvili was aimed at the liquidation of critical television".

"I saw excerpts, among them I found a note about Kezerashvili. It is already difficult to comment here. We are talking about a criminal who moves freely in Europe. We see that he is robbing European pensioners, stealing money from the Georgian army. This name and surname first appeared in the resolution of the European Parliament, now it appears in the report of the State Department as a reference, it casts a shadow on the report, it shows that it is not based on real facts. To portray a criminal in any document in any positive way hurts the document itself.

As for the case of Gvaramia. The report of the State Department has one specificity - "as they say", these "they say" are the "NGOs that are financed from the US or European sources. We see that they are spreading disinformation, in order to question these sentences on any report sheet. The department's report indicates that it is based on narratives, it does not say in the claim form, it is most likely based on the NGOs narrative. When any story is reflected in a report, it becomes the responsibility of the report writer. When such false information appears in the report of the department, it is unfortunate, it casts a shadow on the report. If Kezerashvili will be presented positively in any report, it is a problem of the report," Papuashvili said.

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