Georgia, Tbilisi, August 25 / Trend , N.Kirtskhalia /
Commission on Pardons under the President of Georgia recommended the head of state to pardon up to 100 prisoners due to Orthodox Holiday - the Day of the Assumption of Our Lady, the head of the human rights committee of the Parliament of Georgia Gia Arsenishvili briefed the media after the committee meeting.
The meeting of the committee continued in the Presidential Administration in Avlabari more than six hours.
In total, the committee received 256 applications from prisoners.
Amongst the applicants, many were persons who have committed serious crimes, the committee members said. "Therefore, we are not able to give advice on many of them," said the committee member Elena Tevdoradze.
The list of those pardoned will increase, since the Patriarchate of Georgia will present his list to the President.