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GEORGIAN LAWMAKERS SET TO IMPEACH SAAKASHVILI
09:15 ~U 24.06.13
A lawmaker from the majority coalition in the Georgian parliament,
Gia Jorjoliani, said on Sunday he planned to start the procedure
of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's impeachment this week,
RIA Novosti reported.
"I think the reasons for the parliament to start the president's
impeachment procedure are more than sufficient. As a member of
parliament, I will start the required procedures on Wednesday. Hope
that the majority of parliamentarians will support this initiative,"
Jorjoliani said.
He said that although Saakashvili is certainly to lose the post in
October, the impeachment was needed "for the society to gain full
understanding of how ruinous the actions of this criminal regime were
for the country."
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, whose Georgian Dream coalition
swept the October 1, 2012, parliamentary elections in Georgia, rode
to victory on an anti-Saakashvili platform and seemed to capitalize
on public discontent with the president. During his tenure, a number
of high-ranking officials from the Saakashvili government were probed
for suspected corruption and abuse of office.
However, Ivanishvili said last year that he would not push for the
president's impeachment.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian
09:15 ~U 24.06.13
A lawmaker from the majority coalition in the Georgian parliament,
Gia Jorjoliani, said on Sunday he planned to start the procedure
of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's impeachment this week,
RIA Novosti reported.
"I think the reasons for the parliament to start the president's
impeachment procedure are more than sufficient. As a member of
parliament, I will start the required procedures on Wednesday. Hope
that the majority of parliamentarians will support this initiative,"
Jorjoliani said.
He said that although Saakashvili is certainly to lose the post in
October, the impeachment was needed "for the society to gain full
understanding of how ruinous the actions of this criminal regime were
for the country."
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, whose Georgian Dream coalition
swept the October 1, 2012, parliamentary elections in Georgia, rode
to victory on an anti-Saakashvili platform and seemed to capitalize
on public discontent with the president. During his tenure, a number
of high-ranking officials from the Saakashvili government were probed
for suspected corruption and abuse of office.
However, Ivanishvili said last year that he would not push for the
president's impeachment.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian