Khaburdzania Says There is No Secret Plan

The Security Minister Valeri Khaburdzania stated in connection with a document, presented by MP Jumber Patiashvili at today’s Parliamentary Session, that this paper is just a document, printed out from a computer and is not an action plan of the Antiterrorist Center of the Ministry.

As Khaburdzania said, this document was submitted to him upon his appointment to the post of the Security Minister, but that time he rejected the paper and did not approve it as the action plan. He also said that submitting such paper to the Parliament is an attempt of provocation. “There are several suspects and we will investigate who wanted these materials to be made public” – said the Minister.

At the Parliamentary Session of November 22, Jumber Patiashvili has said that he possesses a copy of an action plan, developed by the Antiterrorist Center of the State Security Ministry in December 2001. The plan envisages creation of a network of agents in all political parties, as well as certain measures with the united opposition, the church and all non-governmental organizations, in order to prevent any kind of anti-state activities.

The MP also stated that the original of the document should be kept in the Ministry of State Security. At the same session leader of the New Rights faction David Gamkrelidze stated that he was informed, that currently the Ministry is actively working on another 24-page document to fix those nuances Patiashvili has talked about.

The pro-Presidential factions stated that today’s statements are nothing more than provocations, which suspiciously coincide with the NATO summit in Prague, to which President Shevardnadze will deliver Georgia’s official request about accession to the organization. Some MPs requested creation of a new investigation commission or a workgroup of the leaders of the parties to clarify certain aspects [regarding this matter] that still invoke suspicions.

In the middle of September the Parliament has reacted quite similarly to an article of a document, developed by the National Security Council, which was instructing the law enforcing agencies to investigate actions of those MPs, who were suspected in anti-state or criminal activities.

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