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The MEGOBARI Act obligates the President of the United States to impose sanctions on foreign individuals, including Georgian officials, who pose a threat to Georgia’s security and stability. These sanctions include visa restrictions and asset freezes and apply to anyone who, since January 1, 2014, has held a position in parliament or party leadership. This was announced by Nika Gvaramia, leader of the “Coalition for Change.”

"Technically, they shouldn’t arrest me today, procedurally speaking. They’re arresting me in portions," – said Strong Georgia party leader Aleko Elisashvili, who has been charged with politically motivated persecution.­

According to Giorgi Vashadze, leader of Strategy Aghmashenebeli, the U.S. Congress has unanimously passed Georgia’s MEGOBARI Act, which he says is a united and firm message from the world’s strongest democracy.

“The MEGOBARI Act is, in reality, the Georgian people’s response to all the political crimes, violence, and repression committed by ‘Russian Dream’ in Georgia over the past 13 years!” – writes Lelo – Fo­r a Strong Georgia leader Mamuka Khazaradze on social media.

The U.S. House of Representatives has supported the "MEGOBAR Act." The bill, titled the "Mobilizing and Enhancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, Resilience, and Independence Act" (MEGOBARI), was backed by 349 members of Congress, while 42 voted against it.

The "MEGOBARI Act" is a response to the deteriorating democratic situation in Georgia – this was stated by Congressman Johnny Olszewski (Democratic Party) during his speech in the U.S. House of Representatives, where the "MEGOBARI Act" is under discussion.

The "MEGOBARI Act" is not an attack on the Georgian people – this is what Congressman Brian Mast (Republican Party) said in his speech in the U.S. House of Representatives during the discussion of the "MEGOBARI Act."

The leaders of the Lelo - Strong Georgia party, Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, are demanding the questioning of Tea Tsulukiani, the chairwoman of the temporary investigative commission of the parliament, the coalition’s press service reports.

The May 26 Organizing Committee will be formed from representatives of various spheres of society. The fifth President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, announced the above on social media.

If the EU maintains Georgia’s candidate status, questions the government’s legitimacy, and conditions engagement on democratic reforms, freeing political prisoners, and holding new elections, it can pressure the regime while preserving future progress, - the leader of the Gakharia for Georgia party, Giorgi Gakharia, said in an interview with Caucasus Watch.

A young man was reportedly killed at the Station Square.

I see that the “deap state”, which has quite deep roots, is not defeated - for years hundreds of millions were spent on creating agents’ network that is represented in the country today in the form of radicals, - the Secretary General of Georgian Dream, Kakha Kaladze, told journalists when talking about relations between the United States and Georgia.

Thank you for your attention, Ms. Tea, but I did not deserve this. These are my pending cases - I did not deserve this! What did I fight for in 2012? - this is how former MP Valeri Gelashvili addressed the Chairperson of the Temporary Investigative Commission, Tea Tsulukiani, and placed on the table the complaints that he had brought to the commission session and that concern his disputed cases.

When congressmen attack you like this and call an act in which all points are unjust MEGOBARI, of course, this creates a difficult situation for us, but this does not mean that the situation is not subject to some control and there is no prospect of improvement, - the First Vice-Speaker of the Parliament, Gia Volski, said when speaking about the MEGOBARI Act.