"These people have failed to realize that such things do not work with me. No matter who they are - deputies, governors, from my party or not, my answer will be quick and ruthless. We will protect the interests of businessmen and clear the country of the rubbish among the authorities," Mr. Saakashvili said in his comments on the detention of a parliamentary from the ruling party on suspicions of bribe taking.
"This swine had the wages of 1,000 laris ($500) but he was greedy enough for extortion," said the Georgian president.
In his words, the Georgian Ministry of State Security recently reported about an extortioner in the top echelons of power, who was ready to lobby businessmen's interests in parliament for money.
"I instructed the security minister to establish this man and arrest him" regardless of his post, the president said at a special briefing in the state chancellery.
According to Mikhail Saakashvili, the arrest of deputy Georgy Kenchadze on suspicions of extortion describes the ruling party, the National Movement - Democrats, as "a healthy organism." "The National Movement is a healthy organism on the whole, and this detention is our victory. We will be ruthless in regard to corruption and extortion. It will be so as long as I am in power," said the president.
