The speech of the chairman of the political group "European Socialists" of the Parliament of Georgia, Fridon Injia, from the tribune of the highest legislative body, where Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili was listened to by way of interpellation;
What does the EU candidate status give to the population of Georgia?
From the 12-point recommendation of the European Union, the main cornerstone of the article on depolarization is the surrender of power by the current government of Georgia;
Aggravating the situation - you create chaos for those destructive forces who have no hope of winning through elections. Therefore, the most important thing in these political battles is the enforcement of the law, the supremacy of the law;
In his speech, the chairman of the political group reviewed and evaluated the current political topics and also drew attention to the actions taking place in front of the parliament on March 7-8, which were organized by the so-called radical forces. It was organized in connection with the law "On Agents".
According to the deputy, based on the interests of Georgia, during the last 10 years, the government of the country signed the Association Agreement, which legally defines the state's economic and, to some extent, political relations. The association agreement also provides for free trade relations with the European Union, which, according to Fridon Injia, is not fully used in Georgia's conditions, and it is necessary for the Georgian government to work more in this regard.
According to the chairman of the political group, Georgia has also signed an agreement that provides for visa-free travel with the European Union. At the same time, it is important that, in addition to the association agreement, Georgia has deeper, direct political and economic relations with the EU member states, which are accepted in the civilized world, and this is very welcome.
"I would like to draw attention to the European perspective of Georgia, which was awarded to the country last year, and I would like to point out that it is not clear to me what the European perspective entails. Out of the three countries (Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia) with the existing parameters, Georgia and its government deserved the candidate status the most.
Even, for example, let's take the judicial system of Georgia, regarding which there is a great agitation from the radical political groups. Nevertheless, by European standards, it was found that the Georgian judicial system is one of the most advanced.
It is not clear to me what the EU candidate status gives to the population? For example, what will a farmer in Ambrolauri district get if he is granted candidate status? Also, I wonder what the population of Georgia has lost economically due to this decision in one year? What does the EU candidate status give us more than what Georgia has already received in practical terms?
I am asking these questions so that the government is ready for anything. And the population of Georgia should know if there is any kind of danger, apart from the threats that we hear so often in the form of political pressure". - said Fridon Injia.
The chairman of the political group is sure that, out of the 12 points of the European Union, it is practically impossible to fulfill Eurocashier's request for depolarization, because the cornerstone of depolarization is the surrender of power by the current government of Georgia.
According to the deputy, during the last years, there is constant speculation and appeal regarding the position of strategic partners in relation to various important issues of the country, and practically, the political agenda of Georgia revolves around strategic partners.
"I am interested in whether Georgia receives from its strategic partners energy carriers of vital purpose, such as electricity, petroleum products, gas, wheat, butter, oil, sugar, fish, pasta, rice, cereals, etc., with which the population of Georgia is filled Basic shopping cart. And if so, in the event of its termination, does the government have alternative ways? Do we have an alternative to importing energy trains and basic consumer products, and how economical will this alternative be for the country?" said Fridon Injia.
To a certain extent, the deputy called it a paradox when, despite the ongoing hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, Ukraine still pays billions of funds to the Russian government for the transportation of energy trains, such as natural gas. The same can be said about European countries, which receive energy trains from Russia and economically cooperate with it. And Georgia, as a small state, is told by the radical forces operating in the country that Georgia should not have economic relations with Russia.
The deputy believes that it is important for the government of the country to have a correctly formed principled position in relation to these issues, again and again based on the interests of the country.
According to the chairman of the political group, the main task in the national defense strategy should be to maintain peace in the country, to avoid any escalation and to not sound any weapons. All the more, based on the situation when the danger of nuclear war is becoming more and more real and the situation is not moving towards complete neutralization and calming down, but on the contrary, the tension is reaching its peak.
In his speech, Fridon Injia assessed the political events taking place in front of the parliament on March 7-8 and noted that the protest was the so-called According to the Russian law, there was only an excuse for unrest and the goal of the radical forces was to change the government in the country in this way. In the end, these events created an additional danger in the country.
"Based on the rhetoric, calls, extremist spirit, or radical actions of the action in front of the parliament, while this was not a Russian law and was only an excuse to cause unrest in the country, military units and high-tech military air and ground equipment were additionally brought into the territory of Abkhazia. Here, the country got this result and an additional threat was created in the state, instead of us, our brothers, Abkhazians and Ossetians, and start a direct dialogue with them and thus set an example for others." - said Fridon Injia.
The deputy believes that due to the events taking place on March 7-8, the Ministry of Internal Affairs had the greatest role and responsibility in terms of preventing disturbances and escalation, for which the Ministry really deserved the highest praise. However, Fridon Injia negatively evaluates the government's loyal attitude towards the participants of the rally who have committed crimes and have not been punished to date.
"There was no proper response from the government to those persons who were carrying out destructive actions and violating the law during the action. These persons have not been punished to date, thus the law has not been enforced. You have full support in the regions, and the population expects the law to be enforced against these individuals. To strain the situation, you are creating chaos for those destructive forces who have no hope of winning through the elections. Therefore, in these political battles, the most important thing is to enforce the law, the supremacy of the law, half-fulfillment of the law, kills the law." - noted Fridon Injia.