According to the Parliament Performance Assessment Report 2022 published by the Transparency International Georgia, in 2022, 99 Members of Parliament used the right of legislative initiative, of which Davit Usupashvili from the opposition (39 draft laws) and Rati Ionatamishvili from the majority initiated the most draft laws (38 draft laws);
“126 Members the Parliament exercised right to speak. Mikheil Sarjveladze from the majority (242) and Roman Gotsiridze from the opposition (93) had the most speeches at the plenary session;
The right to speech was not exercised by 18 Members of Parliament; 10 of which are representatives of the majority (Elguja Gotsiridze, Isko daseni, Sumbat Kiureghiani, Levan Kobiashvili, Samvel Manukiani, Gogi Meshveliani, Dimitri Samkharadze, Goderdzi Chankseliani, Vasil Chigogidze, Viktor Japaridze) and 11 of which are representatives of the opposition (Grigol Vashadze, Abdula Ismailovi, Manuchar Kvirkvelia, Koba Nakopia, Ramaz Nikolaishvili, Bachuki Kardava, Tsezar Chocheli, Dilar Khabuliani)
The plenary session was missed the most times by Koba Nakopia from the opposition (13 absences), and Eliso Bolkvadze from the majority (11 absences);
A total of 1,739,782.93 GEL was allocated for overseas business trips of the 84 members of Parliament
68,704.69 GEL was deducted from the salary of 25 Members of Parliament based on disciplinary responsibility;
The number of parliamentary questions surged during the reporting period, with 52 MPs submitting a total of 5093 questions, Ana Tsitlidze from the opposition asked the most, 1005 parliamentary questions”, reads the report.
