Parliament Vice Speaker: new report on crimes committed by former UNM Gov’t will clarify why majority of Georgians reject UNM party

Thea Tsulukiani, the Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament and Chair of the Parliament’s Temporary Investigative Commission examining crimes committed by the former United National Movement Government between 2003 and 2012, on Monday said that some statements and assessments from foreign officials were “completely incomprehensible” to Georgian citizens, particularly those who had experienced the crimes of the former United National Movement regime firsthand.

Speaking at the Commission's final session, Tsulukiani noted that the report should help foreign representatives understand what life was like in Georgia from 2003 to 2012.

She added that this understanding was key to explaining why the majority of Georgians do not want the United National Movement and individuals associated with it to return to power.

“The reason for this is that the given foreign representatives don't even know what Georgia lived through from 2003 to 2012. This report should help them understand us, Georgia, and the Georgians who are in the majority today and do not want the United National Movement to come to power”, the official said.

To bridge this language gap, Tsulukiani announced that the Commission's report would be translated into English.

“Since they don't know Georgian, we should probably wish for this to be translated into English, at least. Therefore, if you are not against it, we will launch the procedures starting today for both the translation and, first and foremost, the printing of the report”, Tsulukiani concluded.