Tariel Nakaidze, number 5 on the European Georgia proportional list, quit the political party and announced that he is entering the Parliament, following the EG political council’s decision to continue boycotting the Georgian legislature.

As Nakaidze said, he will start working in legislature as an independent MP “for now,” though did not exclude the possibility of joining an opposition faction should this become necessary to better fulfill his responsibilities toward the public.

“I want to thank the European Georgia for making it possible for me to enter the Parliament, I got a very serious experience with this team. I was waiting for the meeting of the political council, I also became a member of the political council, and therefore, I support the decision which the council took in this direction.

However, because of my specific background and the representative form that I have with regard to minorities, especially ethnic or religious minorities, all the polls that I have conducted recently give me grounds to be a parliament member independently”, - said Tariel Nakaidze.

Giga Bokeria, the party’s Chairperson, , said that European Georgia members “almost unanimously” agreed that the party should not enter “this politically illegitimate Parliament,” despite most other opposition parties signing the EU-brokered April 19 deal and lifting their boycott.