The parliamentary temporary investigative commission studying the activities of the "United National Movement" government will also address the Prosecutor's Office regarding Badri Japaridze, following Mamuka Khazaradze.

As the commission's chairperson, Tea Tsulukiani, stated, the reason for this is that Japaridze failed to appear at the commission's session "despite multiple warnings."

According to Tsulukiani, the case will be sent to the Prosecutor's Office by the end of the day.

"We could have coordinated the commission's schedule with Badri Japaridze's personal or professional agenda together. However, he chose not to. Even the additional time we granted him until yesterday at 16:00 was not used, as he still did not appear at the commission's session. We were all here waiting for him, but he did not come. Since the commission has no other legal and procedural options, it appears that the elements of a crime under Article 349 of the Criminal Code are already present. The Prosecutor's Office will evaluate the rest from a legal perspective.

I propose that we put the issue of Badri Japaridze's specific action or inaction to a vote and send the case to the Prosecutor's Office by the end of the day," Tsulukiani stated. Following this, the decision was unanimously approved in the vote.

"I want to ask the secretariat and also clarify for the media representatives here and outside this hall—when we make a decision through voting to send a case to the Prosecutor's Office, this does not mean that the case will be on a prosecutor's desk five minutes after the vote. It will happen by the end of the day, just as it did in the case of Mamuka Khazaradze yesterday. When the session ended in the evening, we gathered the documents and sent them with my signature. Since we have a full-day session today dedicated to the situation in the occupied territories, please be aware that the decision to send the case has been made, but the case itself will be sent after the session ends, by the end of the day," Tsulukiani stated.

For reference, at the March 25 commission session, one of the cases of pressure on businesses—the case of LLC "Magnati"—was discussed. Businessman Jemal Leonidze was the owner of the "Magnati" gas station network. According to media reports, under the "United National Movement" government, his property was seized, and he was imprisoned. Leonidze was later released as a political prisoner and demanded the return of his confiscated property. He accused Mamuka Khazaradze of involvement in the confiscation, along with high-ranking officials of the previous government.

The leaders of "Lelo – Strong Georgia," Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, were summoned to the session, but neither of them attended.