European Parliament Member assesses secret recordings:
“Using the word blood is unacceptable”
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European Parliament (EP) Member and rapporteur on Georgia Andrejs Mamikins says using the word "blood” [bloodshed] in a democratic country is unacceptable.
Mamikins said this to Georgia’s Public Broadcaster (GPB) yesterday while commenting on the leak of a secret audio recording where Georgia’s ex-president and United National Movement (UNM) party members discuss a scenario to overthrow the authorities after the election.
I’m not speaking about the revolution - that is more or less political – but using the word blood when it comes to a democratic state, is unacceptable. I believe people in Georgia are better educated than we, politicians, think. Each message is heard by voters,” Mamikins said.
The European Parliamentarian said he could see "no sign” of destabilisation in Georgia and he described the pre-election environment in Georgia as "most peaceful” in the country’s history.
Georgia will hold Parliamentary Elections on October 8, 2016.
Georgia’s State Security Service launched an investigation into an alleged "conspiracy to alter constitutional structure of Georgia by violence” after a secret recording went viral yesterday.
UPDATED: 18:21: United National Movement (UNM) members who were summoned to appear at Georgia's State Security Service this evening have refused to accept their summons.
The State Security Service of Georgia has summoned three people for questioning after they released a statement claiming they met ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili in Ukraine four days ago and he revealed his plans to incite violence in Georgia after the October 8 Parliamentary Elections.
Georgia’s Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Natalia Sabanadze says the increasing presence of the EU in the Caucasus region is directly correlated with Georgia’s development, particularly its improvement in democracy.
"It can be said with almost 99 percent certainty that a visa free regime will be introduced for Georgia next year,” believes Andrejs Mamikins, the European Parliament’s rapporteur for Georgia.