Georgian president responded to the recent detention of the members of the criminal works at the meeting with the regional governors and regional Sakrebulo chairpersons at the presidential palace today and said the institute of `criminal authorities` no longer operated in Georgia.
Saakashvili recollected the clan of Aprasidzes in Mestia, Svaneti Region saying the politicians needed the consent of the clan to conduct election campaign in Mestia, but the problem was already solved,
`The outcome of anti-crime activities is the increased number of tourists to Mestia today. We exploded the tower of bandits in Mestia from helicopter then, but offspring of the past crime bosses emerged there today trying to confirm others that Mestia belongs to them. If anybody thinks that they can take off shares of foreign investments, they will have to take lessons in custody,` Saakashvili said and added that he gave up his shares in the Chiatura-Manganeese factory for the interests of the country.
`My government sold Chiatura Manganese, which belonged to my great grand father, Jibo Abashidze. There I gave up my own shares,` Saakashvili said.
President that the institute of ``good and bad boys` no longer operated in Georgia and that any citizen of the country was equal before the rule of law.
`Some fool ministers of the Russian government calls us anomalism government because robbery and crime are normal events for them, however, everybody should understand that those times have passed in Georgia,` Saakashvili said.