The chairman of the parliamentary political group "European Socialists" Fridon Indzhiya is confident that in the case of a public opinion poll, the government will receive only one answer, that Georgia does not need a national defender.
"I am confident that if we conduct a survey now, we will get the answer that Georgia does not need a People's Defender, but unfortunately, we still do not have a legal state, and it is written in the Constitution that the institution of the People's Defender must exist. I believe that the People's Defender should protect the faith, customs, culture, and history of all people living in our country, without exception. Therefore, let's choose a person who loves his country and is faithful to it", said the deputy.
The main parameters of the planned changes in the state budget for 2022 and the current economic trends were discussed by the members of the parliamentary political group "European Socialists" with the first deputy minister of finance of Georgia Giorgi Kakauridze.
«Taking into account the existing trends, we changed the annual forecasts. The rates of economic growth will be higher than planned – 8.5%, and we also have additional income that we distribute in two directions. The first and most important is the reduction of the budget deficit and debt. Приблизительно на 700 million гали the debt that was originally planned is reduced. Второе direction – financing of necessary expenses, which the country has taken on itself as an obligation. This is the social protection of children, the employment of the socially unprotected, the development of agriculture, infrastructure, the provision of social guarantees to the police and military personnel, as well as important infrastructure projects in different municipalities of the country," Georgiy Kakauridze noted.
According to Fridon Indzhii, "European Socialists" support the planned changes, as the tax revenues of the united budget increase by 1,266.0 million GEL.
"This is a rather large sum and the budget increase is welcomed. However, the distribution of additional income is important. There may be some questions in this direction. When distributing money, first of all, the needs that appeared this year should be taken into account", said the chairman of the parliamentary political group Fridon Indzhiya.
At the meeting of the Parliamentary Committee for the Protection of Human Rights and Civil Integration, the head of the political group "European Socialists" Fridon Indzhiya presented a draft of amendments to the Organic Law "On the Citizenship of Georgia", which provides for the simplification of procedures for obtaining citizenship for persons who left Georgia for various reasons and their children.
During the presentation of the bill, Fridon Indzhiya stated that the main purpose of these changes is to simplify the procedures for granting citizenship to those persons who were forced to move to live in another state due to difficult economic, political or military conditions, as well as their children.
"It is necessary to insert into the law provisions that will facilitate the acquisition of citizenship for persons who wish to return to their historical roots, so that there are no restrictions and barriers for them, such as testing in the state language, the history of Georgia and the foundations of law. Primery tom - Israel, Greece... Such a policy from the state will contribute to the strengthening of the country", said Fridon Indzhiya.
One of the initiators of this project of changes, the vice-speaker of the Parliament, Avtandil Enukidze, emphasized at the meeting of the commission that their task is to encourage Georgians to return to their homeland.
"If a person was born a Georgian, wherever he was born, he is a Georgian... He does not know the language, if he is not allowed into the country, he will never learn the language," Avtandil Enukidze said.
Some members of the Committee on Human Rights and Civil Integration supported the idea and principle of the draft law.
"According to the Constitution of Georgia, we are obliged to elect the People's Defender, but on the other hand, this institution today is one of the levers of the struggle against the government with the goal of its overthrow - those who want to change the government are trying to preserve the People's Defender."
This was stated by the chairman of the parliamentary political group "European Socialists" Fridon Indzhiya in the "Alternative Vision" program on the "Alt-Info" TV channel.
According to the deputy, in countries where the rule of law operates, the institute of the People's Defender is not necessary.
"In the leading democratic states of Europe and America, there is no institute of the People's Defender. It functions only in several countries, including the Czech Republic, Poland... In a country where the rule of law exists, this institute is not needed. The Institute of the People's Defender, unfortunately, is written in our Constitution, and until the Constitution is changed, we have to endure - to pay money from the budget, which is approximately 10 million. Grants in the amount of several tens of millions and assistance from foreign countries are added to this. Moreover, it turned out that the current National Defender protects those organizations and those persons who act against the interests of Georgia. "In the last few months, this has become especially noticeable", - noted Fridon Indzhiya, emphasizing that they do not know the People's Defender in Lagodekhi, Telavi, Martvili or Keda, and the Ombudsman does not bring any benefit to the population, except for writing reports that harm the country's international image. .
"People's defender writes negative reports, and she took part in drafting 12 recommendations of the European Commission, as well as some representatives of radical opposition parties. If the recommendations of the EU were developed together with the government of the country, I am sure that among them there would be no points whose implementation is doomed in advance. There was a specially written clause guaranteeing the protection of the People's Defender, who is fighting against the statehood of Georgia, because they need to preserve such a vector and the setting of this institution," said Fridon Indzhiya.
Regarding the new rule for the election of the People's Defender, the deputy believes that in the end the support of parliamentarians will be decisive.
"I don't think that a worse candidate will be chosen than Nino Lomdzhariya. The candidate will necessarily be... Some political group or parliamentary party will necessarily nominate a candidate. "We also think about who we can offer," said Fridon Indzhiya.
📍 The chairman of the parliamentary political group "European Socialists" Fridon Injia assessed the fact of the attack on the "Bank of Georgia" branch in Kutaisi on September 20 at the session of the parliamentary bureau and noted that it is necessary to tighten measures so that such an incident does not happen again. 🔸 He thanked the law enforcement officers and personally the Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri for the successful special operation. 🔸 The chairman of the political group expressed hope that the proposal to take preventive measures in relation to the crime will have maximum support from the legislative body.
