Ruling party MP: “radical opposition” has “no interest” in being constructive player in fulfilling EU conditions for candidate status

Tamar Taliashvili, an MP for the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said the domestic “radical opposition” had “no interest” in being a constructive player in taking part in the fulfilment of the 12-point conditions established by the European Union for granting the country the membership candidate status later this year. 

Taliashvili noted that while the “radical” part of the opposition had rejected cooperation with the Government over the matter - which she called a “very important political process” - the remaining part had “realised” that joint work with the Government was necessary for fulfilling the EU recommendations.

Unfortunately, the radical opposition has no interest in being a constructive player in this very important political process. Instead, the part of the opposition which realises how important it is for the country to receive the candidate status, [achieve] depolarisation and multi-party process while taking these steps, has sided with the Government”, Taliashvili said.

On July 1, the ruling Georgian Dream party presented its strategy for fulfilling the EU conditions. The strategy involves a working group - featuring representatives of all Parliamentary parties and the civil sector - that will provide a “comprehensive assessment” of the implementation of the legislative body’s regulations in the field of Parliamentary supervision, and prepare a legislative initiative to correct identified shortcomings.