UNM Sues Parliament for Dismissal of MP Nika Melia

The United National Movement opposition party has appealed the December 12 decision of the Georgian parliament to the Constitutional Court on the dismissal of its MP Nika Melia. 

The party says that the decision will also be appealed to the Court of Appeals.

"The dismissal of Melia was unlawful, political persecution and an unprecedented decision,” the party MP Roman Gotsiridze has stated. 

Melia was dismissed following a recent verdict of a court in the high profile Cartu Bank case.

He was fined GEL 25,000 and was deprived of the right to hold a public office for 2 years and 3 months.

Melia, along with the former Justice Minister of Georgia Zurab Adeishvili, was charged in the mentioned case in 2013.

The two are accused of abuse of power and hiding property through fraudulent transactions in the case of Cartu Bank.