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State auditor shown holding pistol in bar in new online video

Lasha Tordia pointing a pistol at the staff of P.A.M. Club in Tbilisi.
Lasha Tordia (far left) apparently brandishing a pistol at PAM Club last December. 

TBILISI, DFWatch–A new video of a public auditor pointing a pistol in a bar last December further undermined his claim that a recent fight with an ex-prosecutor was corruption related.

The video surfaced on the Internet on Wednesday, and shows state auditor Lasha Tordia

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Top state auditor stays away from police questioning for health reasons

Otar Partskhaladze. (Rustavi 2.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The head of Georgia’s state audit office refused to be questioned by police on Monday, after alleging that a former chief prosecutor attacked him at a bar Friday night.

Lasha Tordia excused himself on the grounds of his poor health condition after Friday’s incident

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Georgia creates agency to oversee party financing

lasha tordia
Lasha Tordia, Director of the State Audit Office. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is creating a temporary commission to monitor the financing of political parties.

The new body will be staffed by people from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and will be based at the State Audit Office.

Its general director, Lasha

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