Agenda.ge
April 15, 2022

State Security Service launches investigation into possible attacks on officials after comments by Parliament Vice Speaker

The opposition United National Movement party is “mobilised to plan certain provocations” during the visit of the Georgian Parliamentary delegation to Ukraine that is set to begin today, Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Gia Volski said on Friday.

The State Security Service of Georgia has launched an investigation into possible attacks on Georgian state officials following comments by Gia Volski, the Vice Speaker of the Parliament, the Security Service told Imedinews on Friday.

Earlier on Friday Volski claimed the opposition United National Movement party was “mobilised to plan certain provocations” during the visit of the Georgian Parliamentary delegation to Ukraine that is set to begin today.

Volski also said Georgian special services had received information about the “possible provocation” by the party from “reliable sources” and had already shared it with their Ukrainian counterparts.

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Civil Georgia
April 15, 2022

Security Service: UNM Plans Attacking Georgian Delegation in Ukraine

The State Security Service said today it is probing a possible provocation planned by the United National Movement – the largest opposition party – during the parliamentary delegation’s trip to Ukraine, led by Speaker Shalva Papuashvili.

The SSG confirmed to Civil.ge the investigation is ongoing under Article 325 (1) of the Criminal Code, envisaging encroachment upon the life, health or property of public political officials of Georgia. The crime carries a prison term of seven to twenty years or life imprisonment.

The Security Service noted that the probe began on April 13 and the authorities relayed details about the alleged planned provocation to Ukrainian colleagues on April 14.

Ahead of the SSG’s announcement today, Vice-Speaker Gia Volski of the Georgian Dream told reporters that members of the United National Movement “were mobilized to plan a certain provocation.”

He claimed “this was exactly the key reason” why the opposition outfit refused to join the multi-party parliamentary delegation headed for Ukraine on April 15.

In response, UNM’s General Secretary Petre Tsiskarishvili said the allegation was “funny” and “unimaginable.”

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“No one is planning anything, they should not be afraid,” he added. “Even the army of Russia [the GD’s] allies, has withdrawn from Kyiv, thus their security is fully ensured by the relevant services of Ukraine.”

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Agenda.ge
April 15, 2022

Parliament Vice Speaker: opposition “mobilised for certain provocations”

The opposition United National Movement party is “mobilised to plan certain provocations” during the visit of the Georgian Parliamentary delegation to Ukraine that is set to begin today, Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Gia Volski said on Friday.

Georgian special services have received information about the “possible provocation” by the party from “reliable sources”, Volski said, and have already shared it with their Ukrainian counterparts.

I will not hide it from you, but it has been confirmed, at least there is such information, that they [United National Movement party] are mobilised to plan a certain provocation, and this is the main reason why they are not in the [parliamentary] delegation [leaving for Ukraine]”, the ruling party member said.

I can tell you [even] more – our special services have received information about this from a very reliable source and have already shared it with their Ukrainian counterparts,” the Parliament official said without elaborating on details.

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Rustavi2
April 15, 2022

The parliamentary delegation will leave for Ukraine in 2 hours

The parliamentary delegation headed by Shalva Papuashvili will leave for Ukraine in 2 hours.

The members of the delegation are gathered in the office of the Speaker of the Parliament on technical issues related to the departure.

Papuashvili will be accompanied by 3 Vice Speakers – David Sergeenko, Archil Talakvadze and Levan Ioseliani, as well as MPs from various political groups: Vakhtang Megrelishvili, Ana Natsvlishvili, Khatuna Samnidze and Giorgi Khojevanishvili.