The Parliament elected on October 26 MP Pridon Rukhaia as the chairman of the commission which will probe into the alleged illegal business activities of MP Koba Bekauri, a Parliamentarian from the ruling National Movement party.
Non-partisan MP Pridon Rukhaia is a deputy chairman of the parliamentary faction Majoritarians. The faction is not formally a part of the parliamentary majority, but is affiliated with the ruling party.
Earlier on Wednesday the parliamentary majority declined two nominations from the opposition parties for this position ? MP Koba Davitashvili, the leader of Conservative Party and MP Davit Berdzenishvili of the Republican Party.
Lawmakers from the ruling party claimed that both of these nominations were politically-motivated, hence could not provide an unbiased probe.
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