Parliament Annuls Opposition MP Mandate
Parliament abrogated the MP mandate of Irakli Iashvili of the New Rights Party, part of the opposition coalition, on June 27.
As a result, Iashvili has joined the other eleven politicians from the coalition, whose MP mandates have already been abrogated upon their request, in protest against, what they call, the rigged May 21 parliamentary elections.
On June 26 the parliamentary committee for procedural issues rejected the Labor Party’s appeal to have their MP mandates abrogated on the grounds that it was not written in the appropriate manner. It described Parliament as “the headquarters of the ruling party.”
Some opposition politicians have alleged that the Labor Party deliberately worded its appeal in a way to drag-out the process of renouncing its MP mandates.
Kakha Kukava of the Conservative Party, part of the opposition coalition, said on June 19 that the Labor Party was on the one hand “playing the authorities’ game” and on the other hand trying to portray itself as willing to renounce their MP mandates.
