PRESIDENT TERMS GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT BRAWL \'A DISGRACE\'
By empty (5/12/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In his regular Monday radio interview, President Shevardnadze on 12 May deplored as \"a disgrace\" the fistfight in parliament on 5 May between deputy speaker Vaktang Rcheulishvili and a group of opposition deputies whom he had implied are homosexuals. Shevardnadze noted with regret that such incidents have become commonplace. The Georgian Prosecutor-General\'s Office has launched an investigation into the fracas.Visit also
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