Allegations on Gov’t not being independent “insulting”, leading to increasing polarisation - Parliament Speaker
Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday said allegations on the Government not being independent were “insulting” and led to “increasing polarisation” in the country’s domestic political environment. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday said allegations on the Government not being independent were “insulting” and led to “increasing polarisation” in the country’s domestic political environment.
Papuashvili called on “everyone”, including European politicians, to “refrain from such rhetoric”, and stressed the Government acted with the “responsibility assigned to it by the Constitution”, with all its members making decisions “on their own responsibility” and “independently”.
[A]ny person, whether it is a Georgian politician, activist, or a foreign politician, anyone who says that [te former Prime Minister Bidzina] Ivanishvili is an oligarch, at the same insults the Georgian Government, the Georgian people who elected this Government”, the head of the Georgian legislative body said.
"[W]e also urge our foreign counterparts to match their rhetoric with the depolarisation condition [outlined by the European Union for granting Georgia the membership candidate status]”, he added, pointing to the challenge of overcoming division on the domestic political field.
Of course, the statements and the repeated allegations against the Georgian Government that I, as the chairman of the Parliament, am not independent, and the Prime Minister is not independent - such rhetoric is insulting, and only leads to an increasing polarisation within the country”, Papuashvili said.
Earlier today Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said the “campaign of so-called ‘deoligarchisation’”, which he claimed was organised by “internal or external political opponents”, involved a “completely unsubstantiated accusation” against former PM Bidzina Ivanishvili and was aimed at “discrediting” the current governance system in the country.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday issued an open letter. Agenda.ge offers its readers an integral text of the Prime Minister’s statement:
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday said the “campaign of so-called ‘deoligarchisation’”, which he claimed was organised by “internal or external political opponents”, involved a “completely unsubstantiated accusation” against former PM Bidzina Ivanishvili and was aimed at “discrediting” the current governance system in the country.
Sozar Subari, Mikheil Kavelashvili and Dimitri Khundadze, the three MPs who left the ranks of the ruling Georgian Dream party this week, on Thursday said the decision of the European Council not to grant Georgia the European Union membership candidate status outright contributed to an “opposite effect” of the objective of depolarisation of its domestic political environment, a qualification included in the body’s requirements to the country.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday highlighted his Government’s “responsibility” to “fulfil all commitments” taken up by his team “to the end”, in comments that denied rumours about his imminent resignation.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday issued a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission. Agenda.ge offers its readers an integral text of the Prime Minister’s letter:
In a letter addressed to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on Monday, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said allegations on the Georgian Government being run by the former Prime Minister and founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili were “offensive to me personally and to my country”.
Mikheil Sarjveladze, the Chairman of the Committee on Human Rights of the Georgian Parliament, on Wednesday said the former Prime Minister and the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili was no longer involved in the domestic politics “in any way”, “regardless of whether his opponents want to believe it or not”.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said the Georgian Government would “do its best” to have “proper relations” with both the United States and the European Union.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday said claims about a return to politics of the former Prime Minister and founder of the ruling Georgian dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili were “mere speculation”.