On 22 December 2015, Davit Lanchava, the defense lawyer of Vice-Speaker of Parliament Manana Kobakhidze, filed a complaint on her behalf with the Tbilisi City Court against the editor of Kronika+ newspaper, Eliso Kiladze.

According to media reports, the complainant alleges that the material published by Kronika+ infringed on the honor and dignity of Manana Kobakhidze, was untruth and libelous and aimed at discrediting her in the eyes of society.

Manana Kobakhidze accuses Eliso Kiladze of defamation and demands that the court order Eliso Kiladze the publication of a court decision.

Apart from the editor of the newspaper, the Parliament Vice-Speaker also filed a complaint against a member of the city council, Aleko Elisashvili, in particular, against the latter’s allegation in regard with the so-called pardon case that Manana Kobakhidze and the chairman of parliament’s human rights committee Ekaterine Beselia had the financial interest in pardoning convicts in a high-profile drug-dealer case.

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