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PanArmenian.net October 16, 2009 Parliament of Georgia may start Saakashvili's impeachment procedure -The report of the EU commission acknowledged that Georgian authorities are guilty of unleashing active hostilities, the massive large-scale military operation in Tskhinvali and the application of prohibited weapons. Furthermore, Saakashvili's regime was accused of shooting and the destruction of non-military objects and a military attack on the UN peacekeeping mission. -Last week, the opposition, which has long conducted an open war with the president, demanded to recognize Mikheil Saakashvili as a war criminal and bring him before a tribunal. As the Labor Party of Georgia stated, if Saakashvili is not disarmed on time he will endanger the entire region. The Parliament of Georgia called for starting impeachment proceedings against the President Mikheil Saakashvili. The representative of the Republican Party, a member of the "Strong Georgia" opposition faction, Carlo Kopaliani told a press conference in Tbilisi that the report of the EU commission, acknowledging Saakashvili to be guilty for the war in South Ossetia, enables the starting of such a procedure. As Georgia Times says, according to the deputy the report showed that "the emperor is naked, and those who are trying to cover him up - are fig leaves." Carlo Kopaliani called on Saakashvili to resign voluntarily. In accordance with law, a document on the impeachment must be signed by at least a third of the 150 MPs. Only in this case the document is then passed to the Supreme and Constitutional Courts of Georgia. A day before the movement of Levan Gachechiladze "Protect Georgia” launched a campaign to" alienate Georgia from the President Mikheil Saakashvili". The report of the EU commission acknowledged that Georgian authorities are guilty of unleashing active hostilities, the massive large-scale military operation in Tskhinvali and the application of prohibited weapons. Furthermore, Saakashvili's regime was accused of shooting and the destruction of non-military objects and a military attack on the UN peacekeeping mission. Last week, the opposition, which has long conducted an open war with the president, demanded to recognize Mikheil Saakashvili as a war criminal and bring him before a tribunal. As the Labor Party of Georgia stated, if Saakashvili is not disarmed on time he will endanger the entire region. The party also announced its intention to apply to official Brussels and Washington to immediately start an investigation over the Georgian leader's actions. Earlier, the Labor Party demanded that Saakashvili resign himself. The Conservative Party raised the issue of starting prosecution against the president and impeachment. Mikheil Saakashvili has repeatedly said that he is not going to resign before the expiration of his term in 2013. In regard to the report of the EU Commission, the president first called it "a diplomatic victory of Georgia," and then accused the commission of abuse of authority. As the leader of Georgia said “one does not need to know much to give a true assessment of the other country's heavily-armed troops invasion, the country, which threatened you for many years.” =========================== ___
