Mariam Jashi, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee of Education, Science and Culture has quit the post and the parliamentary majority.

Jashi said that she had made the decision after having consulted with her colleagues following the parliament’s turning down of constitutional changes prepared by the parliamentary majority regarding transformation onto the proportional system of elections.

“Discussions can continue endlessly about which election system is the best for Georgia. But the promise, which we gave to the public and the international community 2 months ago with the accord and signature of 93 lawmakers, was principal,” Jashi said.

The constitutional changes prepared by the parliamentary majority regarding transformation onto the proportional system of elections failed to collect enough votes during the balloting after first hearing of the draft-project in the parliament. The parliament turned down the Constitutional changes.

Based on the results of free balloting, the 101 MPs voted for, 3- against the constitutional draft project presented by the ruling team. The 113 votes were needed for the approval of the draft project. The 141 MPs underwent registration.