Pro-Presidential MP Candidate Sues Burjanadze

Dodo Shelia of pro-presidential election bloc For New Georgia, who runs for Kutaisi single-mandate constituency, sued her contender Nino Burjanadze, Parliamentary Chairperson and leader of Burjanadze-Democrats opposition alliance, who also runs for MP in Kutaisi, western Georgia.

Dodo Shelia, in the appeal to the Kutaisi court, claims that Nino Burjanadze misused state resources during her election campaign. The appeal reads that Burjanadze used the car of the Parliament during the campaigning.

Zurab Zhvania, another leader of the Burjanadze-Democrats alliance, says that the pro-presidential bloc wants Burjanadze to stand down.