Kan Kvarchia

Kan Kvarchia
Member of Parliament
for Constituency no. 31 (Tkvarcheli)
Assumed office
3 April 2012
Preceded by Aleksandr Chengelia
Personal details
Nationality Abkhaz

Kan Kvarchia is a member of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia.

Political career

In the March 2012 elections, Kvarchia successfully ran for a seat of the 5th convocation of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia in constituency no. 31 (Tkvarcheli), winning the first round with 39.16% of the votes against three other candidates, and defeating incumbent MP Aleksandr Chengelia in the run-off.[1][2]

On 7 October 2014, Kvarchia was elected with 27 to 4 votes (out of 31 present) as chairman of the Committee for Agrarian Policy, Natural Resources and Ecology, replacing Nodik Kvitsinia, who was under investigation, and would later be convicted, for the murder of Russian businessman Sergei Klemantovich and his partner Oksana Skarednova.[3]

Assassination attempt

On 17 October 2016, at around 7:10, a man was killed in an explosion near the office of the Abkhazian State TV and Radio. The investigation revealed that the bomb had detonated early, killing the would-be assassin, identified as a Russian citizen named SL Tarasenko, and that Kvarchia had been his intended target. On 2 November, police detained Adgur Korsentia, a member of the political council of opposition party Amtsakhara, on suspicion of involvement in the attempted attack. On 5 November, Sukhumi City Court granted his continued detention pending the investigation.[4][5][6] On 12 November, this was confirmed on appeal.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Предварительные итоги выборов депутатов Народного Собрания - Парламента Республики Абхазия. Apsnypress (in Russian). 11 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Центризбирком объявил предварительные итоги повторного голосования по выборам депутатов парламента Абхазии". Apsnypress. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Депутат Кан Кварчия избран председателем парламентского комитета по аграрной политике, природным ресурсам и экологии.". Apsnypress. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Арестован подозреваемый в причастности к теракту". Apsnypress. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "ПРОКУРАТУРА ГОРОДА СУХУМ ВЕДЕТ СЛЕДСТВИЕ ПО УГОЛОВНОМУ ДЕЛУ О ПОКУШЕНИИ НА УБИЙСТВО ДЕПУТАТА ПАРЛАМЕНТА КАНА КВАРЧИЯ". Abkhazia Inform. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "30 НОЯБРЯ СОСТОИТСЯ СЪЕЗД ПАРТИИ «АМЦАХАРА»". Abkhazia Inform. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Верховный суд признал законным арест Адгура Корсантия". Apsnypress. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
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