Parliament Speaker: “unfortunate” European Parliament resolutions have become “sources of misinformation”

Papuashvili said it was the “norm of the civilised world” that “crimes must be punished”, in reference to the case of abuse of power Saakashvili is serving his six-year term for. Photo: Parliament of Georgia

Agenda.ge, 13 Feb 2023 - 17:54, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday said it was “unfortunate” that resolutions of the European Parliament had become “sources of misinformation”.

Papuashvili was commenting on the two resolutions registered in the European Parliament, one of which said Bidzina Ivanishvili, the former Prime Minister and the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, was “responsible” for the circumstances around the health of the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili.

Papuashvili said it was the “norm of the civilised world” that “crimes must be punished”, in reference to the case of abuse of power Saakashvili is serving his six-year term for.

“It is unfortunate that resolutions of the European Parliament have become sources of misinformation, which in itself undermines the trust in these institutions”, the Parliament official said.

Therefore, the entries of such content in the resolutions is the problem of the European Parliament itself, since the spread of false information through resolutions undermines the trust in the European Parliament”, he added. 

“The rule of law is that crime must be punished, it is the norm of the civilised world, and if someone is trying to represent this norm as a vendetta [against political opponents], they have no idea what the rule of law is”, the Speaker of the legislative body noted.