The Georgian parliament has approved the suspension of MP status for opposition politicians Elene Khoshtaria, Shalva Natelashvili and Badri Japaridze and Former Speaker Kakha Kuchava.
Resolutions prepared for the termination of the powers of the deputies were adopted with the following result:
Badri Japaridze 77 – supported; 38 – against;
Shalva Natelashvili 79 – supported; 28 – against;
Elene Khoshtaria 77 – supported; 9 – against;
Kakha Kuchava, Former Speaker of the Parliament, had his mandate terminated on the basis of a personal statement.
The grounds for termination of mandates for Elene Khoshtaria and Shalva Natelashvili became their invalid absence from the plenary sessions.
Regarding the issue of termination of the mandate of the leader of Lelo, Badri Japaridze, the formal legal basis for this became the guilty verdict against him issued by the Tbilisi City Court.
By Ana Dumbadze
