22:53, 26 July 2025

Member of the Abkhazian Parliament elected without alternative

Astamur Dzhopua was elected to the Abkhazian parliament to the seat vacated after Adgur Kharazia was stripped of his powers and arrested for the murder of MP Vakhtang Golandzia.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, on June 14, security forces reported the detention of former Abkhazian MP Adgur Kharazia in connection with the murder of MP Vakhtang Golandzia; he was arrested. The man who opened fire on the former MP's house was also detained.

On December 19, 2024, shooting took place in the parliament building. MPs Vakhtang Golandzia and Kan Kvarchia were injured in a shooting at the parliament building in Sukhum and were taken to hospital. Golandzia died the same day. The suspect, MP Adgur Kharazia, went into hiding. On December 22, the parliament stripped Kharazia of his parliamentary immunity, and the Prosecutor General's Office opened a criminal case against him for murder. Interior Minister Robert Kiut assured that Kharazia did not leave the territory of Abkhazia. Six months after the shooting in parliament that killed MP Vakhtang Golandzia, wanted MP Adgur Kharazia was stripped of his powers.

Today, elections for a deputy of the Abkhazian parliament were held in constituency #26. The elections were called due to the vacant deputy seat after Adgur Kharazia was stripped of his powers.

There was only one candidate in the elections - Astamur Dzhopua. At 08:00, 6 polling stations opened in constituency #26 (Drandsky). In order for the elections to be recognized as valid, slightly more than 1,000 voters must vote - more than 25% of the total number of voters in the constituency. Voter turnout in the constituency was about 35%. reported today "Apsnypress".

The candidacy of Astamur Dzhopua was supported by the head of the Gulrypsh district administration Said Kharazia, which is why other candidates refused to participate in the elections, the Telegram channel "Amra-Life" reported.

Recall that according to the Prosecutor General's Office, before the murder of Hollandzia, the parliamentary committee on economic policy and reforms discussed the ban on mining, and during the discussion, a conflict occurred between deputies Kan Kvarchia and Adgur Kharazia. Kharazia had a pistol of "unspecified type" with him, from which he fired at least four times. The conflict between Kan Kvarchia and Adgur Kharazia occurred due to disagreements regarding the ban on mining in Abkhazia. The argument escalated into a fight, and Golandzia tried to separate his colleagues.

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