The Lelo party publishes a statement on the report of the European Parliament's foreign policy committee and writes that the Georgian Dream's policy is purposefully destroying our country's chances of joining the European Union.
The Lelo party publishes a statement on the report of the European Parliament's foreign policy committee and writes that the Georgian Dream's policy is purposefully destroying our country's chances of joining the European Union.
"Lelo" writes that it is interesting what answer the Georgian Dream is going to give to its political partners in Europe. Will they tell, for example, the Socialist Party, that their position and their word in the European Parliament are "worth nothing."
"A country with a politicized justice system, of which the Khazaradze-Japaridze case, political prisoners and the oligarchic system of power are a striking example, has no chance of being a candidate for European Union membership.
The European Parliament's report on the implementation of the Georgia-EU Association Agreement is one of the main documents defining the EU's policy.
The text of the document and the amendments were adopted by full political consensus with the support of all EU political forces. Among them, the "Socialist Party," of which "Georgian Dream" is a member, and the representative of the "Socialist Party" Sven Mixer was the main speaker on the above-mentioned issue.
The document notes that there is a politicized justice in the country. An example of this is the case against Khazaradze-Japaridze and depriving Japaridze of his mandate.
We have been saying for a long time that the only motivation for the prosecution was political, which was confirmed by the European Parliament. We are sure that the same thing will be repeated in the Strasbourg Court.The report clearly says that when EU speaks about de-oligarchization it means freeing state institutions, political, economic and public life from Ivanishvili's influence. Accordingly, the correct position of Lelo on the de-oligarchization law was once again confirmed.
The report also mentions the cases of Nika Gvaramia, the founders of TV Pirveli and Formula as facts of applying political justice to the media. We hope the President will take the above into account when considering our appeal to use the right to pardon in the Gvaramia case.
Lelo's position that Mikheil Saakashvili must be transferred abroad for treatment is also shared in the European Parliament report, and it should be noted that the author of this request is the "Socialist Party," a partner party of the "Georgian Dream. It is clear that against the background of such a broad political consensus, the "Georgian Dream" posed a serious threat to the European future of the country.
The statement of the "Georgian Dream" that the European Parliament report has no influence on the decision of the Council of Europe is nonsense. The parties represented in the European Parliament represent the authorities of the member states of the European Union, so the political position that is defined in the European Parliament cannot be ignored. For example, if the Socialists in the European Parliament believe that Bidzina Ivanishvili is an oligarch, the Socialist Prime Minister cannot hold another position in the European Council, and the same goes for all other political parties, because this is the political consensus and this is clearly the opinion of the entire European political establishment.
I wonder what answer the Georgian Dream is going to give to its political partners in Europe. Will they tell, for example, the Socialist Party that their position and their word in the European Parliament are "worth nothing".
"Lelo" wants Georgia to become a candidate country for the European Union as soon as possible, but as this report once again shows, the policies of the Georgian Dream are purposefully destroying our country's chances.
"A country with a politicized justice system, political prisoners, and an oligarchic system of government has little chance of obtaining EU candidate status," the statement reads.