The Constitutional Court of Georgia has rejected part of a motion submitted by the “Gakharia for Georgia” party to summon current and former senior government officials to testify in court.
The Constitutional Court is hearing a lawsuit filed by the ruling Georgian Dream party seeking to ban five opposition parties, including the party of former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia. One of the episodes in the case against the opposition involves the establishment of a police post near the village of Chorchana along the occupation line of the Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia), which is being brought as an accusation against the former prime minister.
In this regard, the opposition party asked the Constitutional Court to summon as witnesses Bidzina Ivanishvili, Irakli Kobakhidze, Kakha Kaladze, Vakhtang Gomelauri, Mamuka Bakhtadze, Archil Talakvadze, Gia Volski, Sozar Subari, Tea Tsulukiani, and Mamuka Mdinaradze. The court dismissed the motion.
“Questioning them is irrelevant to the case, will not contribute to its effective examination, and in general, with regard to an undeniable fact that cannot be contested, the questioning of witnesses cannot be granted,” stated the chairman of the Constitutional Court panel, Revaz Nadaraia.
At the same time, the Constitutional Court admitted into the case file the portion of the motion concerning the submission of evidence related to the “Chorchana case.”
As a reminder, the ruling Georgian Dream party filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court to ban five pro-Western opposition forces: “Gakharia for Georgia,” “United National Movement,” “Coalition for Change,” “Strong Georgia – Lelo,” and “Federalists.” Court hearings in Batumi commenced on October 21. Today, October 26, the proceedings resumed.
