Four years after the creation of the party, the national and international courts completely dismantled Khazaradze - Japaridze political fraud. Such a statement made today the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament.

As Shalva Papuashvili said, the ruling of the International Arbitration Court in favour of the state in its dispute over the Government’s 2020 cancellation of a contract with a consortium tasked with building a major deepwater port in Anaklia, had confirmed that the Georgian state, its governance and justice were “acting according to the best international standards”.

His comments came after the Court ordered Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze - partners in the Anaklia Development Consortium for the project, founders of TBC Bank and now leaders of the Lelo opposition party - to pay USD 650,000 in favour of the Georgian state in its ruling on the dispute.

“Also, it is proven every time that Georgians and foreigners who attack the Georgian state and justice are motivated only by the interest of harming our country and our people.

Finally, it has become clear what was the real reason for Khazaradze and Japaridze’s entry into politics, the basis for the creation of the Lelo party and, most recently, the true essence of uniting with other small parties and the non-governmental sector.

It is clear that it was a financial scheme to receive money from the budget and, at the expense of citizens, create a political entourage for further enrichment”, - said Shalva Papuashvili.