FM: Gov’t has approved “extensive” deoligarchisation action plan
In his remarks over the matter, Darchiashvili noted the action plan was “extensive” and proscribed reforms for the purpose. Photo: MFA of Georgia
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Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday said the Government had approved the deoligarchisation action plan, aimed to meet one of the conditions outlined by the European Commission last year for granting Georgia the European Union candidate status.
In his remarks over the matter, Darchiashvili noted the action plan was “extensive” and proscribed reforms for the purpose.
“The document is extensive and in-depth [and] determines the sequence of the series of reforms to be implemented in the deoligarchisation terms”, he said.
We know that complex processes are behind this legislation and reform. This concerns the justice system, further improvement of the legislative space of Georgia in the anti-corruption direction, and specific steps that should be taken for competition”, he continued.
The top Georgian diplomat stressed the document would also be “another mechanism by which we maintain active dynamics in terms of European integration”.
The Government in September announced it would develop the action plan to address the task of deoligarchisation of the domestic political scene “in accordance with the Venice Commission opinion and the requirements of the European Union”, ahead of the bloc’s decision whether to grant Georgia its membership candidate status later this year.
Deoligarchisation is one of the 12 conditions outlined by the Commission last year for granting Georgia the status, with the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe recommending the country in June to ensure a “systemic” instead of “individual” approach to the issue in comments on a draft legislation prepared by domestic lawmakers.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said the Government meeting during the day would approve the deoligarchisation action plan aimed to meet one of the conditions outlined by the European Commission last year for granting Georgia the European Union candidate status.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday said the country’s deoligarchisation reform - aimed to meet one of the conditions outlined by the European Commission last year for granting Georgia the European Union candidate status - was “voluminous and detailed”.
The Georgian Government on Monday announced it would develop an action plan to address the task of deoligarchisation in the country “in accordance with the Venice Commission opinion and the requirements of the European Union”, ahead of the bloc’s decision whether to grant Georgia its membership candidate status later this year.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said the ruling team would take into account requests of European partners and not approve the domestic bill on deoligarchisation - designed to address one of the conditions for Georgia to be granted the EU membership candidate status - until December.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday highlighted “huge efforts” by the country’s Government for its European integration and “effective work” of its European Integration Commission, chaired by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
Paweł Herczyński, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, on Saturday said the European Commission’s “historic” recommendation, last month, to grant the country the EU membership candidate status was an “acknowledgement” of Georgia’s progress in the fight against corruption.