Parliamentary Commission Set Up to Probe into MP’s Business
The Georgian Parliament approved on October 13 to set up a commission to probe into allegations voiced by an investigative report over commercial activities undertaken by Koba Bekauri, a lawmaker from the ruling National Movement party.
The commission, which will work for 3 months, will comprise of 15 MPs. 5 seats will be occupied by the parliamentarians from the National Movement faction, which is a majority in the Parliament. Consultation will be held among the lawmakers to define who will occupy other seats in the commission. It is also unknown yet who will chair the commission.
The parliamentary commission will have to investigate whether MP Bekauri was directly engaged in the management of the customs terminal Opiza, as well as find out whether it was legal or not for the parliamentarian to take an interest-free loan from a businessmen in order to purchase shares of the terminal.
The investigative report over Bekauri?s business activities, which was aired by the Tbilisi-based 202 private television station, was part of the journalistic detention scandal. Co-founder of Shalva Ramishvili was arrested on August 27 and accused of blackmailing MP Koba Bekauri to pay USD 100,000 otherwise threatening to air a compromising story about the parliamentarians business. Shalva Ramishvili denies accusations.
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