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

Nakaidze said he will start working in Parliament 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.

The party’s Chairperson, Giga Bokeria, said EG 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.