Vice Speaker Dismisses Bokuchava's Claims as 'Malicious Tale', Calls for Husband to Be Questioned
By Liza Mchedlidze
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
First Vice Speaker of Parliament Gia Volski has dismissed allegations made by opposition leader Tina Bokuchava regarding her husband's alleged abduction as a "talentless performance" intended to discredit Georgia's security agencies.
Volski said the claims carried what he called the "level of malice" typical of the United National Movement, the party Bokuchava leads. He argued that the story served to attack the State Security Service, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the newly appointed Interior Minister.
"Of course, Kotiko should be summoned and questioned," Volski said, using the diminutive form of Kote Ioseliani's name. "This is clearly meant to insult the State Security Service and the Interior Ministry, suggesting they threatened to kill kindergarten children unless Kotiko admitted to saying something foolish years ago."
Volski also referenced past controversial remarks by Ioseliani, including a comparison involving Jesus Christ, which he described as "brazen." He insisted that Bokuchava's latest statement should be formally investigated and treated as politically motivated.
"Today, telling such a malicious tale serves a clear purpose: to attack the leadership of the security services and discredit the new minister. It's a poorly executed performance, but full of the kind of spite the United National Movement has always embodied," he said.
Volski further suggested that recent similar claims by other opposition figures, including an alleged attack on UNM member Kote Gegelia, reflect a pattern. "Of course, someone somewhere is interested in these stories - but I believe no one abroad will take them seriously, except maybe the naďve Sanchez Amor," he added, referring to Spanish MEP Nacho Sánchez Amor, a vocal critic of the Georgian government.
