The News in Brief
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Prepared by Messenger Staff
Georgian Dream Refuses to Register to Vote Regarding Creation of Investigative Commission on US sanctioned Judges 'In Solidarity'
Due to the lack of a quorum, the plenary session in the Parliament of Georgia, where the issue of creating an investigative commission to study corruption and other types of violations in the judicial system was planned to be discussed, ended without voting as Georgian Dream refused to register.
According to Irakli Kobakhidze, the leader of the majority, refusal to register was an "act of solidarity" towards Georgian judges who were sanctioned for alleged corruption by the United States.
More than half of the deputies had to register in order to put the issue to the vote in the parliament. Since the ruling party did not participate in this process, despite being present, only 51 deputies were officially registered at the session which was not enough to start voting.
"We have made a decision not to go through registration before voting. This is an act of solidarity towards Georgian judges," Kobakhidze said.
Irakli Gharibashvili Calls Davit Kezerashvili's Alleged Involvement in international Fraud Scheme 'Catastrophic'
Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Gharibashvil talked about the so-called case of 'call centers' at the government session - the international fraud scheme in which BBC alleged Davit Kezerashvili's involvement.
Irakli Gharibashvili called it 'catastrophic' that former Defense Minister of Georgia Kezerashvili is now, according to him, is referred to as a 'fraudster of international level'
According to Gharibashvili, investigative services of Georgia made a significant contribution to the investigation of the international fraud scheme.
"The truth is certain, it has been revealed that, unfortunately, our citizen, the former Minister of Defense, Mr. Kezerashvili is already referred to as a fraudster of international level, which, of course, is catastrophic, and the fact that, as you know, he robbed the army before, is even more disturbing. His company worked in an unprecedented fraudulent scheme throughout Europe and robbed pensioners. A billion dollars worth of damage was done.
So, when our representatives of the so-called radical, extremist opposition meet with our European friends and partners, I want to tell our European friends that they are meeting with representatives of a party funded by the robber of their citizens.
So instead of our opposition being involved in destructive activities on a daily basis, they must now apologize to our public and the European public every day. They should give explanations why the entire opposition spectrum, almost all opposition parties, and their TV stations are financed with stolen money from European pensioners." Irakli Gharibashvili said.
The Prime Minister thanked the investigative services, which, according to him, were involved in the investigation of a very complex scheme.
Georgian Dream Refuses to Register to Vote Regarding Creation of Investigative Commission on US sanctioned Judges 'In Solidarity'
According to Irakli Kobakhidze, the leader of the majority, refusal to register was an "act of solidarity" towards Georgian judges who were sanctioned for alleged corruption by the United States.
More than half of the deputies had to register in order to put the issue to the vote in the parliament. Since the ruling party did not participate in this process, despite being present, only 51 deputies were officially registered at the session which was not enough to start voting.
"We have made a decision not to go through registration before voting. This is an act of solidarity towards Georgian judges," Kobakhidze said.
Irakli Gharibashvili Calls Davit Kezerashvili's Alleged Involvement in international Fraud Scheme 'Catastrophic'
Irakli Gharibashvili called it 'catastrophic' that former Defense Minister of Georgia Kezerashvili is now, according to him, is referred to as a 'fraudster of international level'
According to Gharibashvili, investigative services of Georgia made a significant contribution to the investigation of the international fraud scheme.
"The truth is certain, it has been revealed that, unfortunately, our citizen, the former Minister of Defense, Mr. Kezerashvili is already referred to as a fraudster of international level, which, of course, is catastrophic, and the fact that, as you know, he robbed the army before, is even more disturbing. His company worked in an unprecedented fraudulent scheme throughout Europe and robbed pensioners. A billion dollars worth of damage was done.
So, when our representatives of the so-called radical, extremist opposition meet with our European friends and partners, I want to tell our European friends that they are meeting with representatives of a party funded by the robber of their citizens.
So instead of our opposition being involved in destructive activities on a daily basis, they must now apologize to our public and the European public every day. They should give explanations why the entire opposition spectrum, almost all opposition parties, and their TV stations are financed with stolen money from European pensioners." Irakli Gharibashvili said.
The Prime Minister thanked the investigative services, which, according to him, were involved in the investigation of a very complex scheme.