Ruling Georgian Dream party MP resigns
Sophio Katsarava is among those 12 MPs, who left the ruling party after the bill proposing amendments to the electoral code was voted down on Thursday. Photo: Parliament of Georgia/Facebook
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Sophio Katsarava, the former chairperson of the foreign relations committee of the parliament of Georgia has resigned as MP.
Katsarava initially announced she was leaving the ruling Georgian Dream party after a bill proposing amendments to the electoral code was scrapped on Thursday
Today I have made a very difficult decision, however, from my viewpoint, this is the only right decision”, she announced on Facebook.
Katsarava thanked her former teammates and wished them good luck. She also wished Georgia prosperity.
The ruling party-proposed bill aimed to holding 2020 parliamentary elections fully proportional, was scrapped, as only 101 MPs voted for it instead of mandatory 113 in the 150-member parliament.
All of those 40 MPs who either voted against or abstained were from the ruling party, while all of the opposition legislators voted in favour.
After the rejection of the bill, a total of 12 MPs, including Vice Parliament Speaker Tamar Chugoshvili left the ruling party, while opposition and demonstrators are holding rallies in front of the parliament of Georgia demanding snap proportional elections.