Georgian parliamentarian Targamadze accuses PM of corruption
TBILISI. Feb 5 (Interfax) - Givi Targamadze, a leader of the former Georgian ruling party United National Movement and a parliamentarian, has accused Prime Minister Irakly Garibashvili and his father-in-law Tamaz Tamazashvili, a retired Interior Ministry general, of creating a corruption scheme in the road construction sector.
Targamadze claims that Garibashvili and Tamazashvili appointed their distant relatives to important positions in the road construction sector.
"Tamazashvili's criminal group is forcibly monopolizing the lucrative road construction business, and the sitting government led by his son-in-law Garibashvili is facilitating this," Targamadze said.
There has been no reaction to this accusation from Georgian officials so far. A number of Georgian non-governmental organizations had reported several days ago that the businesses belonging to Targamadze's close relatives have a yearly business volume reaching some 85 million lari (some $50 million).
The Russian prosecution service has charged Targamadze of preparing mass unrest during the May 6, 2012 opposition rally on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow. Russia earlier declared him wanted.