According to Saakashvili, treatment will help him stay conscious and "even in a very limited way, but will still take part in the ongoing events."

"All my steps are dictated by the main goal, to help the Georgian people get out of the swamp. I arrived so that no clashes would occur and no one would be harmed. I also call on others to stop hunger strike, I am the only one on hunger strike with the only request to stop using justice for unjust political persecution and to return to the normal democratic process, where people make decisions without coercion and falsification. As long as I am imprisoned, I will not take food in any form and I am ready to die. At the same time, I want to stay conscious, so I agree to pharmacological intervention that will help me participate in the ongoing events even in a very limited way. Now the society is very mobilized and despite my personal situation, I am more optimistic than ever," Mikheil Saakashvili said.