Signatories of EU-mediated agreement call on other opposition politicians to ‘consolidate efforts’ to make ruling party fulfill obligations
The signatories said in a joint statement earlier today that they remain committed to fulfilling their obligation under the agreement.
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Opposition politicians who signed the EU-mediated agreement on April 19 have called on others to consolidate their efforts and make the ruling party fulfil its obligations.
They also call on the opposition politicians who refuse to sign the document to take more responsibility on the current political processes.
By signing a document proposed by the European Council President Charles Michel A Way Ahead for Georgia on April 19, 2021 the country has received an important opportunity to come out of the deep political crisis”, the joint document reads.
Based on the document the Georgian Dream has factually admitted the falsification of parliamentary elections in the country, existence of politicisation of judiciary and political prisoners, the need for judiciary and elections reforms, and took the responsibility to release political prisoners through concrete mechanisms and to hold snap elections”, it further notes.
Opposition MPs from the Strategy Aghmashenebeli, Lelo for Georgia, Republican Party, Girchi-More Freedom, as well as current and former members of UNM and European Georgia, call on others to refrain from confrontation and instead support the implementation of the agreement.
Welcoming the recent release of TV Mtavari co-founder Giorgi Rurua the signatories said it is only possible with the joint efforts to release the United National Movement (UNM) chair Nika Melia and to ‘take the country out of the deep political and economic crisis, which hinders Georgia’s fast, democratic development’.
The European Union Delegation to Georgia ‘warmly welcomes’ the decisions taken by Georgia’s political leaders in line with the European Council President Charles Michel's proposal aimed to solve the political tension in Georgia. It meanwhile calls on all other elected MPs ‘to join the agreement and contribute to its implementation, in the interest of Georgia, its citizens, EU-Georgia relations and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic future’.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has pardoned the co-founder of the opposition-minded Mtavari Arkhi TV channel Giorgi Rurua shortly after opposition MPs took up their mandates earlier today, in line with the EU-mediated agreement.
Opposition MPs who have signed the EU-mediated agreement with the ruling Georgian Dream party earlier this month have entered parliament earlier today.
Several changes have been made to the European Union-backed compromise to end the political crisis in Georgia. Head of the EU Delegation to Georgia Carl Hartzell, who introduced the changes to politicians earlier today, said this is a proposal that President of the European Council Charles Michel ‘views as balanced and realistic’.
The United States Embassy to Georgia is ‘deeply disappointed’ by the ruling Georgian Dream party’s ‘rushed passage’ of amendments to Georgia’s Administrative Code.
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Venice Commission have issued a joint opinion on draft amendments to the Election Code of Georgia.
Former member of the European Georgia opposition party David Bakradze has stated that he will continue work in the state legislature as an independent MP.