22.06.22
"The 12 requirements set forth by the European Commission cause alarm and express the narrative of the radical opposition".
This was stated by the chairman of the parliamentary opposition political group "European Socialists" Fridon Indzhia at the plenary session of the Parliament of Georgia, where the country's prime minister Iraklii Garibashvili presented his annual report.
"I think that the fictitious status of the EU member candidate is specially accepted for Ukraine. Because Ukraine is now fighting, it is fulfilling its task, it is protecting and so on. This was the only gesture intended for Ukraine, but Moldova and Georgia appeared at the same time," said the deputy.
According to him, none of the 27 countries included in the EU had the status of a candidate for EU membership.
"No country that became a member of the European Union had the status of a candidate. Their accession was only a matter of political will. This was necessary for the European Union, and the decision is taken by the first persons of approximately four countries. England is among them, despite the fact that at the moment it is not a member of the European Union, but it is fully competent to solve all important issues", Fridon Indzhia emphasized.
As for the associated members of the EU, according to the deputy, there are many countries, including Egypt, even South Africa, but Georgia, which is also an associated member of the European Union, fulfills its obligations in good faith.
As noted by Fridon Idzhiya, 12 demands of the European Commission are alarming and have a dictatorial character, expressing the narrative of the radical part of the Georgian opposition.
«Do you really not see the connection with the narrative of the radical opposition? This list, requirements - all this is a kind of road map of what the radical opposition is talking about. Otherwise, how could the document of Charles Michel get here, or the question of resolution of polarization. Political polarization exists in all countries, but they don't write about it... These radicals have done a good job... They are young, energetic, and compete with each other. They know that Saakashvili will not be released from prison for a long time, and it is necessary to identify a new leader. It's very good, the sooner their leader is determined, the easier it will be to talk to them and we can do more, I think," said Indzhiya.
"How do the requirements of the European Commission begin: eliminate, participate, accept, strengthen, undertake, create, unite efforts, include, appoint, accept laws... I have never seen such dictatorial requirements. What is the Constitution? It turns out that me, as a deputy and other deputies elected by the people, dictate what kind of law we should adopt? "- noted the deputy, emphasizing that if the government releases Mikhail Saakashvili, then the talks and the article about political polarization will immediately disappear.
The chairman of the political group believes that even if Georgia was on the first place in fulfilling the requirements of the European Commission, it would still not be given the status of a candidate.
Addressing the Prime Minister, Irakliyu Garibashvili, the head of the political group noted that he and his government did everything to get the candidate status.
"You started this process and did everything to get a status for the country, which practically gives nothing. May God give us this candidate status, but it does not give anything, because dozens of countries want to join the EU. I want this very much too... This is very important for Georgia, but Georgia is not yet ready with its potential and economy", said Fridon Indzhia, and called on Prime Minister Garibashvili, as well as the leader of the parliamentary majority, Irakli Kobakhidze, not to be discouraged and continue to act as one strong team
"No matter what you do, no matter who you meet, except for the first people of those four countries, everyone will tell you that you are young... Writing that Georgia has a prospect of becoming a member of the EU confirms that you are really young. You want Georgia to be a democratic country... They told you that you deserve everything, but, excuse me... No one could say this openly. This is another solution, the solution of other countries and it is connected with the war..." - said Fridon Indzhia.