Author Archives: European Socialists

🔹 We know that you create comfort for drug addicts, but what will you do to protect those citizens who are not drug addicts yet and may be "infected" by this misfortune - Fridon Injia's question to Iago Khvichia

🔹 The chairman of the parliamentary political group "European Socialists" Fridon Injia asked one of the candidates for the public defender, the chairman of the political group "Girchi" Iago Khvichia, questions regarding the tightening of the drug policy at the meeting of the human rights protection and civil integration committee of the parliament.

🔹 "There are a lot of people addicted to drugs in Georgia. What is wrong with our youth, the number of drug addicts has risen to almost half a million. We already know one side - you will create comfort for drug addicts. What can the public defender do to protect the rights of ordinary people who are not yet drug addicts and may be "infected" by this unfortunate case?

🔹 Why is it that we are the first in the number of drug addicts in some Asian countries, where, despite the fact that they grow narcotic crops, we are even ahead of Uzbekistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia. This is a disaster - up to half a million drug addicts, who, I believe, are no longer full-fledged people, plus 700 thousand pensioners and the same number of children, what is left of the population of Sakathvelo... This needs help... If you are the public defender, what will you do in this regard? ?

📍 "The draft law on "deoligarchization" presented by the ruling party contradicts the Constitution of Georgia. If this law is adopted in this version, our party will file a lawsuit in the Constitutional Court on the very first day. "No one has repealed the constitution yet, and if there is a rule of law in this country, the court will make an appropriate decision regarding this law."

🔹 This was announced by the chairman of the parliamentary political group "European Socialists" Fridon Injia at the plenary session of the parliament, where the parliamentary majority presented the draft law on de-oligarchization in the first reading.

🔹 At the plenary session, the chairman of the political group emphasized the fact that out of the 12 recommendations of the European Commission, the request to adopt the "Law on Deoligarchization" was addressed to Bidzina Ivanishvili, and everyone knows very well about it.

🔹 "They are fighting the winning party, which today is represented by "Georgian Dream". They are fighting against Bidzina Ivanishvili, a person who invested billions in our country in different ways, both under one government and under the previous government. At the same time, in relation to a certain group of people who have withdrawn billions from Georgia, no one votes, it is unnecessary to talk about making any notes in the resolution," said Fridon Injia.

🔹 "Can you imagine if there were 100 Bidzina Ivanishvili in Georgia? And do the same for our country? What would our country be like today? "The current government of Georgia should do everything to ensure that the population does not leave Georgia and, on the contrary, that people who fled due to the twists of fate return to their homeland," said Fridon Injia.

🔹 The chairman of the political group addressed the ruling party from the rostrum of the parliament and urged that the ruling power should stand tall and act only based on the interests of the country.

🔹 "Don't play with us, we are not in kindergarten. We know what is happening and why it is being done. Stand as needed as the winning party. Don't back down," Fridon Injia addressed the members of the majority.

🔹 As for the issue of granting the EU candidate status to Georgia, according to the deputy, Georgia has already been granted the candidate status, since it has already made an official application for this.

🔹 "Granting candidate status to Georgia is only a political issue. Whether we pass this law or what we do, it will not matter much. If they consider it necessary, they will accept us in the European Union, but they need to pass this law in order to remove the person who invests billions in the development of the country. And if they give us any money, it's only to manage our small country," Fridon Injia believes.

🔹 "Don't consider me as a lawyer of a person whom I don't know at all and I have never met." Fridon Injia added.

"The already changed rule of election of the head of the election administration by the supreme legislative body, which provides for the election of the chairman of the CEC with a high quorum, with the consent of 90 deputies, cannot be implemented, and we have the ineffective practice of electing the chairman of the commission every 6 months, which is not useful, acceptable, and what's more , is a hindering factor in the commission's work process. This is the failure and retreat of the ruling party".

Parliamentary about it Chairman of the political group "European Socialists" Fridon Injia said at the meeting with the delegation of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).

The purpose of the visit of the OSCE/ODIR delegation to Georgia is to discuss the findings and recommendations presented in the report, to bring the election-related legislation and practice into closer compliance with the obligations undertaken before the OSCE, and to determine the areas of future cooperation and specific steps to be taken.

According to the chairman of the political group, "According to the new change in the code of conduct, the election process will be conducted by electronic system until 70%. Therefore, it is important to have a special control of the election process at the polling stations before 30%, above Tu 30%, because it is in this part that the greatest danger of election fraud is present. Therefore, it is necessary to have a special approach to this specific situation in order to avoid fraud."

Fridon Injia believes that the use of administrative resources during the elections is still a big problem, which is manifested in the pressure on the voters.

"In the existing project, the possibility of using administrative resources has been tightened, but I do not consider this to be enough. There should be such a method of punishment that it is not worth it for a person to falsify", said Fridon Injia.