Ruling party MP, involved in recent clash in parliament, resigns
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Ruling Georgian Dream party MP Vano Zardiashvili, who recently was physically assaulted by now-independent MP Eka Beselia at the end of September, has announced his resignation.
Zardiashvili said that he has been the “target of black PR and attacks” since becoming an MP in 2016.
He cited concern for his family and the ruling party as his reason for making the decision.
Zardiashvili says "all attacks against me have been groundless." Photo: Parliament of Georgia press office.
Posts have never been crucial to me,” Zardiashvili said, adding that he has done nothing to be ashamed of while in the state service.
Zardiashvili has been frequently accused of corruption and making illegal deals by the opposition and NGO representatives, pointing at his “significantly increased income” in recent years.
Zardiashvili says that his opponents have failed to provide “any proof” against him, stating that all the accusations have been groundless.
Former member of the Georgian Dream ruling party Eka Beselia, who is now opposing her former colleagues regarding court-related issues, says that current member of the ruling party Mamuka Mdinaradze mistakenly sent her a message which included swearwords about her.
Head of the ruling Georgian Dream party political council and the founder of the party Bidzina Ivanishvili has revealed his view regarding the controversial issue of the nomination of ten judges for the Supreme Court of Georgia at the end of December.
Independent MP Eka Belesia, who once was a member of the Georgian Dream ruling party, attacked ruling party MP Vano Zardiashvili during the hearing for a candidate to the Supreme Court during the Legal Issues Committee meeting of parliament earlier today.
Head of Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee Eka Beselia has quit the post and stated at a briefing today that her decision was related to the “hasty and unacceptable” process of lifetime appointment of judges with a “controversial past” to the Supreme Court of Georgia.