Parliamentary working group in first meeting on judicial reform for EU membership conditions
Beka Davituliani, a member of the Parliamentary majority, told the Georgian Public Broadcaster the ruling team was ready to “implement all conditions” of the EU that depended on it and was poised to continue the judicial reform.Photo: Parliament's Facebook Page.
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The Parliamentary working group created to review judicial reforms for fulfilling conditions outlined by the European Union for granting Georgia the membership candidate status will hold its first meeting on Monday, the Parliament’s press office said.
Chaired by Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, it will also involve a part of the domestic opposition, with members of Girchi, Citizens, European Socialists and For Georgia parties set to be involved. MP Khatuna Samnidze, the Chair of the Republican Party, also plans to participate.
The other part of the Parliamentary opposition has rejected participation on the grounds of having no confidence in the ruling Georgian Dream party, and demanded “concrete compromise steps” to be included in the process.
Beka Davituliani, a member of the Parliamentary majority, told the Georgian Public Broadcaster the ruling team was ready to “implement all conditions” of the EU that depended on it and was poised to continue the judicial reform.
"We are motivated to implement the conditions and we will take 11.5 steps [for the goal] - we will wait for half a step from other political groups. This half a step involves depolarisation [of the domestic political environment] - although they have been trying to radicalise and deepen polarisation from the very first day”, he claimed.
Davituliani added the goal of the opposition was to use the topic of EU conditions for “internal political purposes and to bypass the elections to take over the Government”, adding “they will not have this chance".
Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Sunday said a part of the domestic opposition had “boycotted Europe” and the implementation of the conditions outlined by the European Union for granting the country the membership candidate status later this year.
Representatives of Georgian Parliamentary opposition groups on Thursday met Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili to discuss the Government’s plan for implementing the 12-point conditions established by the European Union for granting Georgia the membership candidate status.
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”.
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.
The decision of the Georgian opposition to boycott the working groups proposed by the ruling Georgian Dream party in order to fulfil the European Union membership status conditions is a mistake, Petr Mikyska, the Ambassador of Czechia to Georgia, said on Tuesday in an interview with local media outlet Interpressnews.
The European Commision will present a report on the priorities in the enlargement package in 2023 to give the Georgian political system “sufficient time” to “thoroughly work” on the priorities for the European Union membership candidate status, Michael Rupp, a representative of the European Commission, said on Wednesday.
The Lelo opposition party will participate in all bills in the Georgian Parliament related to the 12-point conditions established by the European Union for granting Georgia the membership candidate status later this year, but only in an “institutional format”, Badri Japaridze, leader of the party said on Tuesday.
Plans of the “radical opposition” to form a technocratic Government in Georgia have failed, with the group now trying to “discredit” the state legislature through the formation of a parallel working format for work on Georgia’s EU candidacy, Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuahsvili said at a briefing on Tuesday.
The involvement of non-governmental organisations is “extensive”, as at least two NGOs - about 200 NGOs in whole - are represented in every Parliamentary working group, created to review judicial reforms for fulfilling the conditions outlined by the European Union for granting Georgia the membership candidate status, Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili told reporters on Sunday.