A Georgian opposition MP has punched a senior lawmaker of the country’s ruling party as he was making the case for adopting a controversial foreign agents bill, according to a video that went viral on social media on Monday.
Aleko Elisashvili, who heads the Citizens party and claims to have briefly fought in Ukraine against Russia in 2022, struck Mamuka Mdinaradze, the leader of the parliamentary majority and the executive secretary of the Georgian Dream party.
The video shows Elisashvili rushing to the rostrum and hitting Mdinaradze in the face as he was delivering a speech. The room then erupts in violent turmoil as lawmakers apparently try to break up the fight. The parliamentary session was briefly suspended, and Elisashvili had to be escorted out of the chamber by security.
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