"You can't be sitting in such cold, much less hold any debates," said Irakly Tsereteli, the leader of the National Independence Party.
Georgia has suffered a sharp energy shortage, and neither apartments nor administrative buildings have received heat during the past two years.
Georgia relies on natural gas from Turkmenistan as its main source of energy. Last month, the former Soviet Central Asian republic cut all supplies over Georgia's $500 million debt.
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