( Civil ) - The Tbilisi City Court ruled on December 6 to unfreeze Imedi's assets - the last remaining legal obstacle for the television station to get back on air.
The ruling will, however, go in to force starting from December 7, according to the Tbilisi City Court. This means that technicians will not be able to enter the television station's premises in the suburb of Tbilisi unless the court verdict is enforced. "We won't be able to enter the premises today, because the court ruling goes into force only tomorrow," Bidzina Baratashvili, managing director of Imedi TV told Civil.Ge on December 6. "Initially the [authorities] pledged to let us in on December 5, but now this date has been postponed for tomorrow. They are dragging out time deliberately."
Nino Burjanadze, the acting president, said earlier this week that Imedi technicians would be allowed to enter the station's studios on December 5.
Technicians will have to inspect equipment and determine when the Imedi TV will be able to resume actual broadcasting. Imedi's management has claimed that the equipment was damaged during the police raid on the television station late on November 7.
The Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC) on December 4 reversed its November 7 decision to suspend Imedi TV's license for three months.