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his aunt had purchased for $63,000 in 2009.
Murusidze and Chinchaladze are allegedly the leaders of a powerful group of judges known as "the clan". The supposed shadow structure is said to be blocking the reforms required to deepen Georgia's ties to Europe.
The two judges are associated with the country's top judicial bodies; the High Council of Justice, the supreme oversight body of the country's judicial system. They're also believed to have a secret relationship with Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgia's richest man, former prime minister and grey cardinal of the country's ruling party, Georgian Dream.
2.5 Georgian parliament to set up working groups to address EU accession requirements
The Georgian Parliament will create five working groups to handle the conditions underlined by the European Union for granting the country membership candidate status, announced Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee on August 4.
The issues of 'deoligarchisation', judicial reform, the electoral code and the creation of an anti-corruption agency, a special investigative service and a personal data protection service are in particular focus, reported Georgian Public TV.
Anri Okhanashvili, the Chair of the Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee, said the political parties had asked for time to work out the issues on the Ukrainian model of 'deoligarchisation' before presenting their proposals.
"We are meeting today to exchange these proposals. Hopefully, the representatives of the opposition have worked out these issues and will present their positions", Okhanashvili said.
The ruling party has called on the opposition to cooperate. Ruling Georgian Dream representatives said that fulfilling the requirements, such as depolarisation of the domestic political environment, 'deoligarchisation', judiciary reforms and other issues, require the opposition's involvement.
Michael Rupp, from the European Commission, on July 13 said that the European Commission would present a report on the priorities in the enlargement package in 2023 to give the Georgian political system "sufficient time" to "thoroughly work" on the priorities for membership candidate status.
He said EU officials did not want to "rush" Georgia, given the political quarrels in the country. Protesters have been demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili for months.
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