Ruling party Tbilisi City Assembly member detained for bribery

Georgia’s State Security Service has detained a member of Tbilisi City Assembly, Georgian Dream ruling party majoritarian of the Krtsanisi administrative unit Temur Gorgadze.

The Security Office reported that Gorgadze demanded from a citizen of Georgia 7,000 USD  as a bribe and in return promised to release his relative from custody through the pardon council.

The office stated that on February 28, 2018, Gorgadze took the partial amount of the sum - 3,500 USD - ain advance from the citizen, when he was detained by the officers of Anti-corruption Agency of the State Security Service of Georgia.

Gorgadze faces 7 to 11 years of imprisonment.