Parliament Committee Chair says Georgian Gov’t obliged to give “correct, reasoned” response to “hostile” MEGOBARI Act

Levan Makhashvili, the Chair of the Committee on European Integration of the Georgian Parliament, on Wednesday said the Georgian Government was obliged to give a correct, reasoned response to a number of false information included in the MEGOBARI Act adopted by the US House of Representatives.

The MP’s remarks came ahead of a parliamentary discussion on an official response to the US legislation.

Makhashvili noted that the forthcoming statement by the Georgian Parliament would focus on three main topics: democracy, Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations, and the country’s relations with international and regional actors.

“[The Parliament’s statement] will mainly discuss three topics. These are democracy, Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic and Georgian attitude and relations with international and regional actors. We have seen a lot of false information regarding these three topics, included in this [MEGOBARI Act]. We consider ourselves obliged to give a correct, reasoned response to this hostile Act”, Makhashvili said.