The member of the Parliament of Georgia, the chairman of the party "European Socialists" Fridon Injia, in the report made at the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe regarding the parliamentary elections in Georgia, expected more negative evaluations than what was heard at the session.
"To tell the truth, I expected more negative evaluations regarding the parliamentary elections in Georgia at the session of the European Council than what was expressed." It seems that the team of "Georgian Dream" conducted its work in the Council of Europe fruitfully. I don't agree with some of the assessments made during the session regarding the elections, because I think that their positive assessments were very superficial and, one might say, meaningless" - states Fridon Injia.
In his opinion, the speech of some members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe was practically a twin of the speeches or statements of the "National Movement" team and its units.
"The speech of some members at the parliamentary session was a twin of the speeches and statements of the "National Movement" team and its divisions. For example, when they talk about and evaluate the 2020 parliamentary elections as the worst elections, they have not seen how the "Citizens' Union" held elections at the time, which today changed its name to "National Movement". As then, today, this movement is managed and led by the Minister of Justice of Shevardnadze's time, Mikheil Saakashvili" - states Fridon Injia.
According to Injia, when some European parliamentarians talk that they had expectations regarding the creation of a coalition government in Georgia, this statement is incomprehensible to her.
"It is possible that as a result of the elections, a coalition government could be formed with the proportion that the opposition parties would have won without rigging the elections, and not with the result that the "National Movement" uses for its own benefit and unfairly replicates," says Fridon Injia.
According to the leader of the "European Socialists", the European parliamentarian from the Netherlands, in his report regarding the parliamentary elections in Georgia, criticized the election legislation of Georgia, especially the manner of staffing the election commission.
"It should be noted that at the session of the Council of Europe, criticism was heard regarding the election legislation of Georgia. Especially in relation to the manner of staffing the election commission, which is dominated by the commission members of the ruling party team. At the same time, the members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe call on the representatives of the opposition parties in Georgia to stop the boycott and get involved in the parliamentary activities," said Fridon Injia.
In his opinion, in the end, he was once again convinced of the correct decision made by the team of "European Socialists" to engage in parliamentary activities.
"As you know, I am the only representative of the constructive opposition of the Georgian Parliament in the parliamentary delegation, which will participate in the session of the Council of Europe on behalf of the "European Socialists" party. During my stay here, I became more convinced of the importance of the opposition's involvement in the country's political activities. Therefore, I once again call on the opposition to stop the boycott and get involved in parliamentary activities, otherwise "Dream" will make many more mistakes and it will be very harmful for the country" - states Fridon Injia.