The Parliamentary Temporary Investigative Commission is requesting an extension of its working term by one more month.
As the chair of the commission, Tea Tsulukiani, stated at today’s session, the commission will appeal to the Bureau on June 20 or no later than June 23 to have the issue of extending the commission’s mandate by one month included on the agenda of a plenary session.
The proposal to extend the term was put to a vote during the session and received support.
As for the final report, Tsulukiani explained that it will be approved by August 4.
"According to the law, we are allowed to work for up to six months — no more. We can work less, but not more than six months. We are now in our fifth month of work in this format, and what the public sees is only the visible part of our activities. What the public doesn’t see is the working process, which is not public — it includes daily coordination with administrative staff, reviewing letters, and drafting the report.
Therefore, we have considered and are now putting to a vote the proposal to request a final, sixth-month extension of our mandate. But we’ve also discussed — and this should be communicated to the public — that in July, public sessions of this type will be rare, because all our resources will be focused on completing the draft report.
Except for exceptional cases, we will not hold such sessions anymore; however, sessions that involve interrogations conducted by three members of the commission may still continue in July.
I also propose that in the first days of August — most likely on August 4, but possibly earlier, no later than August 4 — we meet in this chamber and approve the commission's report, which will then be submitted to the Parliament of Georgia at a plenary session in early September.
That’s what we’ve discussed, and it should be known to the public. If you all agree, we will submit our request to the Parliament Bureau tomorrow or no later than Monday, to have the issue of extending our mandate by one month included in the agenda of a plenary session," said Tea Tsulukiani.