Former member of National Movement and presently the Security Council's Secretary Giga Bokeria in 2005 said that Georgia cannot afford such luxury as to keep 235 MPs in Parliament.
Girogi Tsagareishvili, member of Free Democrats presented a documentary stenography of this declaration made in 2005 February 17. Particularly he said:
"Georgia is almost first among those EU countries' list where the biggest number of MPs are. No doubt this is a luxury. We cannot afford it, "- Bokeria said in 2005 of February 17.
He as well noted that the main is that the political weight of MPs with decreased quantity rose before electorate.