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Similarly, sanctioning political parties, and not individual Members of Parliament, by depriving them of funding for six months if the respective Members do not attend the majority of sittings during a parliamentary session appears disproportionate and at odds with the Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, which already regulate such matters in a clear and balanced manner. Similar considerations apply with regard to the proposed amendment to the Rules of Procedure of Parliament, which would result in the full deduction of the salary of a Member of Parliament who does not attend without good reason all plenary sittings during a calendar month of the regular session, both for the period of the parliamentary session and for the ensuing recess period. This latter proposal would also likely not be compliant with the Constitution of Georgia, which makes salaries for Members of Parliament mandatory.