The Constitutional Court today resumed oral hearing in the Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili’s impeachment case for the third day in a row.

The impeachment procedure was initiated based on an alleged breach of the Constitution (Article 52, Point 1, Subpoint A) for visiting European Union nations and holding talks with government officials without the government’s approval.

“Parliament’s representatives are in a deadlock in legal part. Their arguments are absurd,” said President Zourabichvili’s representative in the court, Tamar Chugoshvili.

According to Tamar Chugoshvili, according to the evidence presented in the court, the President has no right to respond to phone calls from leaders of foreign countries. The evidence is not “proof-based.”

The Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party, Irakli Kobakhidze, stressed on his part that the government presented “simple arguments” but heard discussions that “have no connection with the dispute.”

“They try to shift the accent on the issues, which have no link with impeachment. The main thing is clear that the President needed approval. She asked for but did not receive the consent. She travelled anyway and thus violated the Constitution. I hope the court discussion will fall within legal frames,” he said.