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MP Slammed for Demands to Reveal Cabinet Members' Ethnic Background
Civil Georgia
June 11 2004
Non-partisan MP Gocha Pipia's demand that all cabinet members be
required to reveal their ethnic background and religious faith,
caused an uproar during the parliamentary session on June 10, before
the approval of the new cabinet by the lawmakers.
Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania, who was delivering a speech over the
new cabinet's plans, said he "is proud of the Armenian origins of
my mother."
"But I am ashamed when I hear these kind of questions [referring to
MP Pipia's demand] raised in the Parliament," Zurab Zhvania added.
"These are the ravings of a madman. In a normal country, people like
him [MP Pipia] are jailed," Economy Minister Kakha Bendukidze said
in response to Pipia's statement.
Civil Georgia
June 11 2004
Non-partisan MP Gocha Pipia's demand that all cabinet members be
required to reveal their ethnic background and religious faith,
caused an uproar during the parliamentary session on June 10, before
the approval of the new cabinet by the lawmakers.
Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania, who was delivering a speech over the
new cabinet's plans, said he "is proud of the Armenian origins of
my mother."
"But I am ashamed when I hear these kind of questions [referring to
MP Pipia's demand] raised in the Parliament," Zurab Zhvania added.
"These are the ravings of a madman. In a normal country, people like
him [MP Pipia] are jailed," Economy Minister Kakha Bendukidze said
in response to Pipia's statement.