Head of Gov’t Administration: deoligarchisation action plan follows Venice Commission recommendations

Revaz Javelidze, the Head of the Georgian Government Administration, on Thursday said the action plan for deoligarchisation adopted by Georgia's European Union Integration Commission earlier today, was developed based on recommendations of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe and “our European partners”.

• Georgia’s EU Integration Commission adopts deoligarchisation action plan

Javelidze said the plan included a package of amendments to be made to legislation via “systemic approach”, as the European bodies had recommended in their earlier assessment of initial plans presented by the country’s authorities.

The plan contains concrete timeframes for adoption of relevant legislative amendments. The document encompasses seven areas, including anticorruption and antimonopoly directions, matters pertaining to money laundering and media pluralism, and measures to be carried out in the judiciary”, Javelidze said.

He added the Foreign Ministry received a recommendation to continue additional consultations with European partners after the plan’s adoption by the Government.

Chaired by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, the Commission approved the plan that will seek to “eliminate excessive influence on the political, economic, and social” spheres in the country.