MP Sharmanashvili: UNM filed absurd, legally incoherent suit; Constitutional Court’s decision was only to be expected

“The United National Movement prepared such an absurd, legally indefensible lawsuit, purely for the sake of public relations, that the Constitutional Court’s decision was entirely predictable,” declared MP Tengiz Sharmanashvili, a member of the parliamentary majority.

Sharmanashvili commented on the United National Movement’s statement, according to which the Constitutional Court had refused to consider the party’s suit concerning the constitutionality of the temporary investigative commission.

“They have only themselves and their own lawyers to blame when they place legally untenable demands before the courts. Why are we surprised? Do they do this only in Georgia? They cook up some absurd lawsuits, dash off to the court in Strasbourg, lose, come back, and say nothing more about it. The United National Movement’s suit was not substantiated. Are there tangible legal grounds set out in it? No. What it does contain are phrases such as ‘the so-called illegal parliament’ and ‘Tsulukiani’s illegally established commission.’ Are those two phrases weighty legal arguments for a court? You may hold certain political views, but what exactly are you seeking to prove before a court that the Parliament of Georgia does not exist, or the commission established by parliament in accordance with the Constitution and the procedure set down by law does not exist? For that matter, individuals who are to be appointed to the Constitutional Court itself by this very parliament, in the manner prescribed by the Constitution, may be elected tomorrow. You shouldn’t then be surprised that nobody is going to indulge this kind of nonsense,” declared Tengiz Sharmanashvili.