ADJAR LEADERS\' DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS REVOKED
By empty (3/24/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The diplomatic passports of more than 500 Adjar officials -- including Adjar State Council Chairman Abashidze; his son, Giorgi, who is mayor of Batumi; and Interior Minister Djemal Gogitidze -- have been revoked in order \"to remind them that it is inadmissible to exceed their competencies,\" Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Baramidze announced on 24 March. President Saakashvili ordered a review of all diplomatic passport holders last month after former President Shevardnadze\'s son-in-law, Gia Djokhtaberidze, was apprehended at Tbilisi airport as he was about to leave the country on a diplomatic passport. (Caucasus Press) .Visit also
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