Parliament Vice Speaker: MEP Viola von Cramon “takes part in plot” against Georgia
“Everything is clear'' when the MEP has been supporting “these sadistic actions”, Volski said while commenting on Cramon’s visit to the country, and added Cramon was “one of those supporters” of the radical opposition’s strategy to turn the protest into a physical confrontation and a “civil conflict with bloodshed”. Photo via Parliament of Georgia
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Gia Volski, the Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, on Sunday said the member of the European parliament Viola von Cramon, was “part of a plot” against Georgia.
Cramon, during her visit to Georgia, participated in the rally on Saturday, supporting one of the protesters of the transparency bill rally, who had been charged with attacking police officers and damaging property and sentenced by Tbilisi City Court to preventive detention on Friday.
During the protest outside the Parliament building against the controversial domestic bill on transparency of foreign influence in March, the accused allegedly threw stones and “Molotov cocktails”, injuring the law enforcement officers. The individual partially admitted his guilt.
“Everything is clear'' when the MEP has been supporting “these sadistic actions”, Volski said while commenting on Cramon’s visit to the country, and added Cramon was “one of those supporters” of the radical opposition’s strategy to turn the protest into a physical confrontation and a “civil conflict with bloodshed”.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Friday said 58 law enforcement officers had received “various injuries” while ensuring safety during the rallies in central Tbilisi on Tuesday and Wednesday that protested the Parliament’s discussion of the controversial bill on transparency of foreign influence.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said protesters attacking law enforcement at rallies was “unacceptable” and a “red line on which we will be uncompromising”, amid the case of a citizen charged with violence during last month’s demonstrations in Tbilisi.
Archil Talakvadze, the Georgian Parliament’s Vice Speaker, on Monday claimed the “radical” domestic opposition had “used the youth for their political purposes” during last month’s protests in Tbilisi against the proposed bill on transparency of foreign influence.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Sunday called the fact of Viola von Cramon, a member of the European Parliament, joining a rally organised in Tbilisi by a domestic political party on Saturday “unacceptable”, adding it “once again” showed her “attitude towards the Georgian state”.
Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday claimed the plan of the opposition United National Movement party was to ensure the country did not receive the European Union membership candidate status and use the outcome to replace the Government.
Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday said the call by the European People's Party, the largest party in Europe, for the creation of a European equivalent to the United States Foreign Agents Registration Act, was an “evidence” of a “hoax of the century” in Georgia, in reference to public protests against a similar bill that led to its withdrawal by the ruling party on March 9.
Mikheil Sarjveladze, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's Committee on Human Rights, on Saturday said the individuals protesting outside the Parliament building against the controversial domestic bill on transparency of foreign influence - whether urged by opposition or not - had taken “completely unusual steps”.