“We should receive information from citizens who wish to provide it. They don’t necessarily have to be victims; they could be witnesses or participants in the process they want to describe to us,” stated Tea Tsulukiani, the head of the Temporary Investigation Commission Studying the Activities of the 2003-2012 Regime and Its Political Officials.

Tsulukiani announced at the commission’s first organizational meeting that it would be preferable for any citizen wishing to provide information to the commission to do so in writing.

“As the commission chairperson, I would be very grateful if such submissions include specific facts. General information about our situation during those nine years is available everywhere. If people approach us, our humble request would be to provide facts and, if possible, brief descriptions so we can quickly determine the value of the provided information, then either use it in written form without requiring a hearing or conversely decide that this is an applicant whom the commission should hear in person,” Tsulukiani stated.