UNM members meet Congressman Joe Wilson

The Chairperson of the opposition United National Movement party, Tina Bokuchava, together with party members, met with U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson, the initiator of the MEGOBARI Act.

According to the party’s press service, the delegation — including Bokuchava, Secretary General Petre Tsiskarishvili, and party leader Levan Sanikidze — began official meetings in the United States as part of their visit.

“Another false claim spread today by the Russian-Kotsi regime is that the MEGOBARI Act is no longer relevant and has been removed from consideration. This is absolutely untrue. Active discussions are underway, including in the Senate, to link the MEGOBARI Act to the Defense Act, which has been adopted by Congress for 63 consecutive years. It is expected to pass again this year, with a strong possibility that the MEGOBARI Act will be adopted alongside it. This would create the basis for imposing personal sanctions against Bidzina Ivanishvili,” Tina Bokuchava said.

For context, Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen recently stated before the Helsinki Commission: “It is unfortunate that the Senate didn’t pass, and it looks like they’re not going to pass the MEGOBARI Act. There were some problems over there, and it might have been related to one particular business that’s building a port. One individual was able to apparently kill it.”