Georgia, Tbilisi, July 6 / Trend, N.Kirtskhalia /
David Akhalaia, brother of the new Interior Minister, Bacho Akhalaia, has been appointed deputy defence minister, the Georgian Defence Ministry confirmed to Trend on Friday.
After Bacho Akhalaia, who previously headed the Constitutional Security Department, has been appointed as interior minister, David Akhalaia left the office.
It should be noted that David Akhalaia has been accused by the opposition of involvement in the murder of banker Sandro Gvirgvliani in 2004. Then, Akhalaia was suspended from office.
However, three police officers were convicted for the murder that the opposition referred to only as executors.