On August 9, Tina Bokuchava, the oppositional United National Movement faction chairperson, said that the National Movement faction demanded the establishment of a temporary investigative commission in the Parliament regarding the Racha disaster and its consequences.

According to her, when the number of victims is increasing daily, there are two primary questions: whether it was possible to prevent the Racha tragedy if there had been an early warning system and whether there was a timely and effective response from the state institutions. "Even in the 2014 socio-economic strategy of Georgia, the implementation of modern early warning systems is defined as a priority task. The same goal appears in other official state documents. In 2018, the state received a $70 million grant from Western partners for the implementation of the monitoring system. Implementation of the system has been prioritized in the 2020 state budget. However, we can see that the early warning system has not been created, and the program outlined in the budget has not been implemented," Bokuchava added.

"The former Minister of Environment Levan Davitashvili, who is now the Minister of Economy and Vice-Prime Minister and who five years ago insisted on the necessity of a monitoring system, today says that a similar tragedy would be inevitable under any conditions, no matter what systems we had and thus justifies the absence of a warning system and non-targeted spending of the budget. The possible waste of budget expenses, illegal actions of the relevant officials, and the failure to implement the monitoring system are the direct grounds for creating a parliamentary investigative commission. Based on these considerations, and against the background of zero trust in investigative agencies, we consider it expedient to create a parliamentary investigative commission regarding the disaster in Shovi," the chairperson of the faction of the oppositional United National Movement said.

"Additional questions that should be answered within the framework of the investigative commission are why the state did not acquire the relevant rescue helicopters for 11 years; Among them, why the state refused the rescue helicopters allocated in the form of a grant, which was provided by the United States of America; why the relevant rescue service does not have equipment of modern standards; Under these circumstances, why didn't the government ask for help from the neighboring countries; why didn't the Minister of Internal Affairs, Vakhtang Gomelauri, get involved in the rescue operation, when in civilized countries, during such disasters, the relevant person informs the public once an hour," Bokuchava questioned.

As previously reported by Caucasus Watch, the landslide killed at least 20 people [updated information], and nearly 80 were rescued in the mountain resort town of Shovi in Georgia. The landslide struck the resort in the Racha region. Drone footage of the landslide revealed that the lush green valley was partially covered in mud, tree trunks, and other debris.