Constitutionalist Vakhushti Menabde said that no decision that the parliament would make, including the recognition of its own authority, would be legal. He told BMG about this.
As Vakhushti Menabde explains, the reason is that the legality of the mandate of all 150 MPs is appealed in the Constitutional Court. According to him, the parliament cannot convene, from the moment the lawsuit is filed, even though it has not yet been accepted into the proceedings.
"The parliament cannot convene if the legality of the election of MPs is appealed. If the claim is filed, the norm of the rules of procedure already comes into effect. When the legality of more than 50 MPs is appealed, the session must be suspended. In our case, the legality of the election of all 150 deputies is appealed.
Not a single decision that the parliament will make today, including the recognition of its own authority, will be lawful and legal," says Menabde.
As for the fact that the president did not convene the session, the constitutionalist says that this is not an obstacle to the convening of the parliament.
"The President convenes the first session of the parliament. If she does not do this, it is not directly stated what happens in this case. We must use another norm to fill this gap. This is the norm for convening an extraordinary session, which states that the parliament will convene on its own on the 10th day and recognize its own authority," noted Vakhushti Menabde.
