The Georgian parliament intends to consider a bill to deprive opposition parties of funding that sabotage meetings or do not fully implement their parliamentary mandates reports ” Sputnik Georgia” citing the leader of the parliamentary majority Irakli Kobakhidze .
According to him, in this way the ruling Georgian Dream party plans to fight opposition movements that did not recognize the results of the last elections and decided to surrender part of their mandates. He called such actions of lawmakers “bullying” and accused them of trampling on democratic institutions.
Kobakhidze explained that parties deprived of funding will not be able to use free airtime on TV channels, and their members will not be able to receive salaries from the republic’s budget. He noted that the ruling party plans to consider the new initiative next week.
Earlier, the deputies of the largest opposition party in Georgia “United National Movement” of the former president of the country Mikhail Saakashvili submitted to parliament a statement on the refusal of their mandates in protest against the results of the past elections. They were also joined by representatives of other opposition forces, some of the parliamentary factions completely ignore the meetings.
The Central Election Commission ( CEC ) of the republic has published the final results of the parliamentary elections 22 November. “Georgian Dream” won 90 out of 150 mandates, the United National Movement took only 36 seats in parliament. The elections were recognized by the international community, but the opposition refused to accept the results of the plebiscite. Protest actions have begun in the country.