Explained: Kutaisi's Parliament

For a brief period, Georgia had two capitals--Tbilisi, which was the administrative capital, and Kutaisi, which was the parliamentary capital. The decision to split the government was widely praised by residents from Georgia's regions, but this decision later came to represent lavishness and excess in the wake of Georgia's successful reforms. Why was the parliament moved to Kutaisi, and why did it return to Tbilisi? Online Sources: "Relocation of Next Parliament to Kutaisi Endorsed." Civil.ge. 21 June 2011. https://old.civil.ge/eng/article.php?.... "GD Set to Move Parliament Back to Tbilisi." Civil.ge. 21 September 2018. https://civil.ge/archives/255043. ლევან ავალიშვილი, გოგა თუშურაშვილი. "ახალი პარლამენტის მშენებლობის ხარჯები და დაფინანსების სქემა" IDFI. 10 December 2012. https://idfi.ge/ge/research-11. პარლამენტის შენობის განახლების ხარჯები. IDFI. 16 October 2014. https://idfi.ge/ge/georgian-parliamen.... Damien McGuinnes. "Georgia sees glass parliament as symbol of future." BBC. 10 June 2012. ლანა კოკაია. "ქუთაისის დამსხვრეული ოცნებები: საქრთველოს მიტოვებული პარლამენტის ბედი." OC Media. 16 August 2019. https://oc-media.org/kutaisis-damskhv.... Print Sources: Ed Stephen Jones. "Georgia: A Political History Since Independence." IB Tauris. London, UK. 2013. Ed Stephen Jones. "War and Revolution in the Caucasus--Georgia Ablaze." Routledge. New York City. 2010