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Georgian candidate Patarkatsishvili offers police money to protect protesters

Georgian presidential candidate billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili said that he had offered police a lot of money not to use force against protesters. 

After the statement Georgian prosecutors accused him of conspiring to overthrow the government of President Mikhail Saakashvili.

Patarkatsishvili was planning mass demonstrations the day after the Jan. 5 presidential election and had offered Erekle Kodua, the head of a special police department, US$100 million (EUR69.5 million) if police agreed to help oust the government, police said Wednesday.

But Patarkatsishvili said he met with Kodua on Sunday to prevent another round of violence against protesters. Oppositional leaders say that is they find the elections unfair they will protest.

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