Ruling party: ‘we were ready to sign EU-offered document with slight changes’
The ruling party has accused the opposition of being destructive in the EU-mediated talks. Photo: facebook.
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The ruling Georgian Dream party says that they were ready to sign an agreement offered by the EU mediator in the talks with the opposition if several changes were introduced in it.
The ruling party MP Mamuka Mdinaradze stated earlier today that the opposition has refused to discuss any changes if their top demands on the conduct of repeat parliamentary elections and the release of opposition figures were not fulfilled.
They were against any discussions without the fulfilment of the top demands,” Mdinaradze said.
.@DanielssonEU, Envoy of @eucopresident for EU mediated dialogue in Georgia, publishes proposal made today to Georgian political parties.
— EU Delegation Georgia ???????? (@EUinGeorgia) March 30, 2021
➡️English: https://t.co/qAO8G1IRhn
➡️Georgian: https://t.co/36e5EUr6PI
The opposition parties accused the ruling party of being destructive and said that no agreement will be acceptable for them which will not include the issue of repeat parliamentary elections and the release of ‘political prisoners.’
A leader of the United National Movement opposition party Khatia Dekanoidze has expressed hope that after the two fruitless involvement of the EU in the talks, now the US will get involved.
The opposition parties say that they will now prepare for the May 15 anti-government rally.
The ruling Georgian Dream party and the opposition have failed to come to an agreement in EU-mediated talks for the second time yesterday.
Today’s press statements of @DanielssonEU, Envoy of @eucopresident to the EU-mediated political dialogue in Georgia
— EU Delegation Georgia ???????? (@EUinGeorgia) March 30, 2021
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The document offered by EU mediator Christian Danielsson yesterday which concerned ‘ambitious electoral and judicial reform’ and offered amnesty for suspects and convicts of the June 2019 protests (including the head of the United National Movement opposition party Nika Melia) in Tbilisi was not signed by any of the parties.
The document did not include the conduct of repeat parliamentary elections and the release of the co-founder of the opposition-minded TV channel Mtavari Arkhi Giorgi Rurua (along with Melia) which has been demanded by the opposition since November 2020.