Tbilisi. Civil Society Organizations: Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, Transparency International – Georgia, Article 42 of the Constitution, Georgian Bar Association, Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center  and CIDA released a statement. "We release this statement in response to allegations about criminal record of the Chief Prosecutor of Georgia in Germany. As public may be aware, some of the below signatories learned about these allegations from unofficial sources, before it was made public, and we were in the process of verifying their truthfulness to avoid inflicting any harm to the image and credibility of law enforcement authorities by disclosing unverified information about this important matter. As the information has now already been disclosed, its credibility must be verified. Therefore, we urge the Georgian authorities to examine and disclose whether these allegations are true".