Ruling party head, Venice Commission delegation discuss judicial, electoral matters
Kobakhidze said the Georgian authorities were cooperating “intensively” with the Venice Commission in comments on the meeting. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Judicial and electoral bills initiated in the Georgian Parliament were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, and a visiting delegation of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe.
Kobakhidze said the Georgian authorities were cooperating “intensively” with the Venice Commission in comments on the meeting.
Bills are often sent from us to the Venice Commission. We receive opinions from them, and the rate of consideration of the recommendation is certainly high on the part of the Georgian Parliament. The cooperation will continue in this mode”, he said.
The party official added the meeting reviewed “specific aspects” of the cooperation and related bills.
Within the framework of the visit, the delegation will meet the Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and leaders of parliamentary opposition parties.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday slammed the Georgian representation of the United States-based International Republican Institute for its “history of publishing incorrect election polls” over the past 12 years, after the release of the IRI’s new survey that put GD approval in Georgia at 25 percent ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections.
Reforms implemented in Georgia were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between the Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and the visiting delegation of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe.
The cooperation between Georgia and the European Union was discussed on Wednesday by Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party and Paweł Herczyński, the EU Ambassador to the country.
Pia Kauma, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, on Thursday said the body supported peaceful resolution of crises on the territory of Georgia.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday discussed cooperation and his country’s European integration goals with a delegation of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe headed by the Commission's Secretary General Simona Granata-Menghini.
The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe is once again ready to support Georgia “in every possible way” on the path towards the European Union, Michael Frendo, the Vice-President and the head of a visiting delegation of the Commission, said on Thursday at the press conference.
Simona Granata-Menghini, the Director and Secretary of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, on Thursday said the body would continue issuing recommendations on bills to be implemented in Georgia as the country now found itself “on the path to joining the European Union”.