Parliament Speaker: part of opposition using EU conditions to “deepen polarisation”
Papuashvili highlighted the first point in the set of conditions - reduction of the domestic political polarisation - while alleging the opposition and some non-governmental organisations were using the document to “deepen the polarisation”.Photo: Papuashvili's Facebook Page.
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A “certain part” of the domestic opposition is using the 12-point conditions outlined by the European Council for granting Georgia the European Union membership candidate status later this year for the objective of “deepening polarisation” in the domestic political environment, Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili said on Wednesday.
Papuashvili called the alleged development a “backward understanding of Europeanness”, and said it showed representatives of “certain political parties” in the country wanted to “discredit the entire process” of the Government’s fulfilling of the European Council recommendations.
Papuashvili highlighted the first point in the set of conditions - reduction of the domestic political polarisation - while alleging the opposition and some non-governmental organisations were using the document to “deepen the polarisation”.
The ruling Georgian Dream party on Friday presented its strategy for fulfilling the European Council’s 12-point outline, with Chairman Irakli Kobakhidze vowing the ruling team would ensure their fulfilment in “appropriate time and manner”.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday said if the European Council did not grant the country the European Union membership candidate status later this year, the decision would “contribute to the polarisation” of the domestic political environment.
Viola von Cramon, a Member of the European Parliament, on Tuesday called the ruling Georgian Dream party’s proposal for fulfilling the 12-point conditions outlined by the European Union for granting the country the membership candidate status later this year a “great signal”.
Levan Ioseliani, a member of the Citizens opposition party and the Vice Speaker of the Parliament, on Tuesday said the domestic opposition should work with the proposals presented by the ruling Georgian Dream party for fulfilling the European Union’s conditions for obtaining the membership candidate status later this year in addition to presenting its own vision.
The ruling Georgian Dream party on Friday presented its strategy for fulfilling the 12-point conditions outlined by the European Council for granting the country the European Union membership candidate status later this year.
The Georgian Parliament is set to start the early work for fulfilling the 12-point outline established by the European Union for granting the country the membership candidate status, with relevant sessions of the lawmaking body scheduled on Thursday.
Khatuna Samnidze, an opposition MP and the Chair of the Republican Party, on Thursday said the implementation of the 12-point conditions established by the European Union for granting Georgia the membership candidate status should “go beyond party interests”.
Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili on Thursday said that it was “simply naive or malicious” to downplay a threat of war in Georgia, noting the country had experienced three wars involving Russia.
The Georgian Parliament is reviewing implementation of standards of the European Court of Human Rights in Georgian courts, a question connected to one of the clauses outlined by the European Council for granting the country the European Union membership candidate status later this year.
Levan Ioseliani, a member of the Citizens opposition party and the vice speaker of the Georgian parliament, on Wednesday called on MPs who did not want to be involved in the work of the lawmaking body to leave the parliament “in good time”, following a statement by an opposition leader about intentions of his party to abandon seats.