"For 5 days, Gakharia has been gone – what kind of meetings does he have?! Is he staying there forever?! Let him tell us when he’s coming back and show up at the commission," said Guram Macharashvili, a deputy from "People’s Power" and a member of the parliamentary temporary investigative commission, in a statement to journalists.
According to Macharashvili, Gakharia was in Georgia when he received and confirmed the summons related to the commission’s session, and "only afterward did he decide that global politics cannot be resolved without him."
Macharashvili stated that for an issue as significant as the establishment of a checkpoint in Chorchana, the individual must be questioned in person, not remotely.
"He knew very well that the commission’s session was scheduled. He was in Georgia when he received this summons, confirmed it, and then decided that global politics cannot be resolved without Gakharia, and apparently, he’s been having not 2-3 day meetings abroad but ones lasting several weeks. According to the rules, there are exceptional cases when the commission deems it necessary to allow a person to be questioned remotely and provide explanations. For such an important issue as Chorchana, which involves a million square meters of territory, of course, the person must be questioned in person and show up," Macharashvili stated.
For context, according to a statement from the party "For Georgia," Giorgi Gakharia is not currently in Georgia and has expressed readiness to speak with the investigative commission remotely regarding the Chorchana issue. The party’s statement notes that the commission refuses to question Giorgi Gakharia remotely and "insistently demands" his physical presence at the session on June 23. The party believes this "has no objective explanation" if the investigative commission is genuinely interested in hearing him on the Chorchana issue.
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