Parliament official highlights Hungary’s “reasonable assessment” of Saakashvili controversy
Kadagishvili was commenting on Polish media reports on Wednesday that said Hungary had blocked a European Union protest to the Georgian authorities over Saakashvili. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chair of the Rules and Procedural Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, on Thursday highlighted the Hungarian Government’s “reasonable assessment” of the situation around the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili.
Kadagishvili was commenting on Polish media reports on Wednesday that said Hungary had blocked a European Union protest to the Georgian authorities over Saakashvili.
The Committee Chair said the policy “directed against” Georgia on the matter of the former official could not “remain a subject of blackmail” against the country.
Hungary is a state that assesses reasonably the situation in Georgia. I mean that the law must be the law in the country, and the policy directed against the country cannot remain a subject of blackmail [...]”, the Parliament official said.
The comments follow the European Parliament’s adoption on Wednesday of a resolution that said Bidzina Ivanishvili, the former Prime Minister and the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, was “responsible” for the controversial circumstances around the health of Saakashvili.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said that “even the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union would envy” the resolution on the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili adopted by the European Parliament on Wednesday.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday said resolutions of the European Parliament on Georgia had become “sources of misinformation and attacks” on the country in what was a “very unfortunate development”.
Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi and the Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said statements by some members of the European Parliament about the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili were based on “absurdity and misinformation”.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday said it was “unfortunate” that resolutions of the European Parliament had become “sources of misinformation”.
Levan Ioseliani, an MP of the Citizens opposition party in the Parliament, on Friday said it was “no surprise” the European Court of Human Rights had “reaffirmed the systemic crimes” committed by the United National Movement Government in its latest ruling in a case involving a former Georgian prisoner.
Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chair of the Committee on Procedural Issues and Rules of the Georgian Parliament, on Sunday attended the inauguration of Argentina's newly elected President Javier Milei.