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📍 Chairman of the parliamentary political group “European Socialists” Fridon Injia supports the legislative initiative of “Girchi”, according to which the minimum number of candidates for membership of the Parliament of Georgia in the electoral list is set at 30, instead of 60.
🔷 The issue was considered by the Legal Affairs Committee of the Parliament in the first reading.
🔷”I think that the presented amendments do not limit any party to draw up the electoral list of candidates for deputy based on their opinion and capabilities. That’s why I believe that parties should have complete freedom in this regard.” – said the deputy.
🔷 Regarding the second initiative of “Girchi” on the abolition of gender quotas in electoral lists, as Fridon Injia stated at the committee meeting, he discussed this issue with Mamuka Mdinaradze, the chairman of the “Georgian Dream” faction.
🔷 The MP once again stated his position regarding the fact that the “European Socialists” political group will support this issue.
🔷 “The respect of women and the attitude towards women in Georgia comes from centuries, and the fact that our country had a woman as its king belongs to the history of Georgia. Therefore, it is the prerogative of a specific party, in what order and how to compile the party list for the previous election, according to Fridon Injia.
🔷 The card explaining the changes presented by “Girchi” clearly states that the German Constitutional Court recognized the introduction of mandatory gender quotas as unconstitutional, which means a lot to me personally.
🔷 At the meeting of the committee, the fact that there was quota during the communist era was emphasized. Yes, there was quota, but quota then had a different reason. Back then there was no such requirement for a woman to be on the third or fourth list. There was a quota, in order to be a representative of a specific village or this or that enterprise in various state agencies.
🔷 I also remember that there was a “Women’s Party” in Georgia.
With the presented amendments, no one imposes a restriction on the fact that even if the parties have fully represented women in the electoral list. This is a decision acceptable to the party,” Fridon Injia said.
🔷 Regarding the issue of financing, as the deputy noted, the political parties themselves should take responsibility for this issue.

📍 In the parliamentary elections of 2024, “Georgian Dream” will have to fight not with the opposition, but with entities financed by the United States of America;
📍 No free trade, no visa-free travel, no direct flights, no direct investments. This is the policy that America implements in Georgia in the name of a friendly state and strategic partner;
📍 We must understand and it is clear that the United States of America has its own geopolitical interests in relation to Georgia;
🔷 The chairman of the parliamentary political group “European Socialists” announced this in the “political debate” format at the plenary session of the parliament.
🔷 “If someone in this hall or at all will give me an explanation and tell me why the United States of America is our friendly country and strategic partner, the answer to this will be really interesting.
🔷 No free trade, no visa-free travel, no direct flights, no direct investments. This is the policy that America implements in Georgia on behalf of a friendly state and strategic partner.
🔷 Traveling to the United States of America and obtaining a visa has become a kind of punishment mechanism for certain citizens of our country. In particular, according to the official decision of the US administration, judges in Georgia were punished, which was “resulted in the cancellation of their valid visas due to significant corrupt activities”.
🔷 It is worth noting that the Georgian government’s question to the USA about the specific reason for the suspension of the acting judges in this way, this question is completely ignored by them.
🔷 At the same time, the US Embassy freely grants visas and the right to enter the country to the sentenced citizens of Georgia. In addition, they are also given the opportunity to purchase real estate, and in this case the US is not interested in the source of the money,” said Fridon Injia.
🔷 In his speech, the deputy also drew attention to the double standard action by the United States of America in relation to various laws.
🔷 “Non-governmental organizations operating in Georgia are financed by tens of millions, which fight the state with all methods. At the same time, the West protects them and even destroys them.
🔷 Before we have to caress and put a smile in our hearts, let’s call out, mention America in toasts as a friendly country and, moreover, as a strategic partner.
🔷 Elections are coming and we are always talking about the need for transparency. There are questions about where these millions come from. Isn’t this the 88 million allocated from the United States of America and received by non-governmental organizations operating in Georgia?!
🔷 The ruling party does not mention America without adding a friendly state and strategic partner, and at this time, the Georgian Dream and the ruling party will have to fight not with the opposition, but with entities financed by the USA.
🔷 We must understand and it is clear that America has its own interests in relation to Georgia, and this is its geopolitical interest, and it is also clear, first of all, against which country it is directed. Everything else is secondary and we all know it.
🔷 Therefore, we should take this situation into account and we should all do our job. We have to call everything by its name, and until we call everything by its name, it will be very difficult to talk to the population.
🔷 Chairman of the parliamentary political group “European Socialists” Fridon Injia, at the beginning of the statement at the plenary session of the Parliament, joined the congratulations of his fellow MPs regarding the victory of the Georgian national team and participation in the European Championship.

📍 Cancellation of the obligation of gender quotas in the process of formation of electoral lists;
📍 Prohibition of LGBT propaganda;
📍 Parliamentary elections and EU double standards;
🔷 Fridon Injia, the chairman of the parliamentary political group “European Socialists”, spoke about these and other important current political issues during a live visit to “Alt Info” TV station.
🔷 According to the MP, “European Socialists” will support the legislative initiative of “Girchi” on canceling the obligation of gender quotas in the process of forming electoral lists.
🔷 “I believe that women in Georgia have never been oppressed and it has been like this for centuries. Therefore, I used to think that this was an overly self-indulgent, statutory requirement for the formation of electoral lists.
🔷 I think that all parties and political forces are interested in getting as many votes as possible in the elections, and if there are women in their ranks who have a great potential in terms of getting votes, or are superior to men in terms of their competence, of course, in this case, the leadership of the party should make a decision on its own whether How to draw up an electoral list, and if someone opposes this initiative, he will have his own interests, and I think that those women from the radical opposition wing, who are represented in the parliament today, will be against it. As you know, the current law obliges political parties to have every fourth woman on the electoral list.” – noted the MP.
🔷 Regarding Iago Khvichiya’s statement that if “Georgian Dream” supports the cancellation of the gender quota obligation, in such a case, “Girchi” will vote for the candidate nominated for the position of CEC chairman, Fridon Injia noted that this is a kind of political agreement and deal. between political parties, which has always been and will be.
According to the chairman of the political group, a number of laws have been adopted by the parliamentary majority for the benefit of Europe, the results of which have appeared today, one of the visible examples of which is the procedure for electing the chairman of the CEC, which according to the current law requires the 90th vote.
🔷 “I consider such legislative decisions to be completely unjustified. When you are the majority and elected by the majority of the population, you have to take responsibility and make the right decision regarding important political issues. In this case, I do not consider it correct that the chairman of the CEC is elected with 90 votes, while the parliament elects the prime minister and prosecutor with 76 votes.
🔷 As for the agreement between “Girch” and “Dream”, this is probably the result of the Mopalaraks, but here the votes of “Girch” alone are not enough for the parliament to elect the chairman of the CEC.
🔷 We will support Giorgi Kalandarishvili, the acting chairman of the CEC, because he has shown himself both by his competence and by his work, determination and loyalty, and he deserves to be elected as the chairman of the CEC”. – said Fridon Injia.
🔷 When asked by the journalist, to what extent the legislative initiative of “Girchi” will affect Georgia’s accession to the European Union, the deputy noted that it will be possible to talk about it more precisely in a few years.
“Let’s wait for 2030, when we will have a clearer and more accurate picture regarding the issue of Georgia joining the European Union. It is too early to talk about it.” – noted Fridon Injia.
🔷 According to the chairman of the political group, the proposal to ban LGBT+ propaganda was put forward at the legislative level by the “European Socialists” at the beginning of May last year, which practically coincides one to one with the legislative initiative put forward by “Dream”.
🔷 “In this case, it does not matter who will be the initiator of this issue. Now it is important to have a legal framework in our country that will protect children from harmful propaganda that is foreign to our country, our customs, our mentality. So, if such a law is adopted, we will only welcome it,” said the MP.
🔷 Regarding the implementation of changes in the constitution in this context, according to the MP, “Georgian Dream” has not yet registered it and it is not known exactly in what form the said initiative will be presented in the parliament.
🔷 “In this regard, it is possible to present a project in the form of an organic law, and if such changes are made at the level of the constitution, of course, it will have more legitimacy and many things will be clarified, which will be welcome. Also, it is possible to split the package of laws into two. In particular, at the first stage, those laws that are necessary and can be passed completely freely with 76 votes should be adopted, and in relation to the constitutional amendments, a general public discussion should be started and all the necessary procedures stipulated by the law should be passed.
🔷 Therefore, I think thatIf the “Dream” is really determined to stand by the Georgian people, this matter should be brought to the end according to this principle.
There are very few people of non-traditional orientation in Georgia. Their number was probably about 3%. Therefore, they cannot influence the results of the elections.” – said Fridon Injia.
🔷 The chairman of the political group believes that “the adoption of the law on the banning of LGBT + propaganda should not be a reason for non-recognition of the elections by the West, because the population of Georgia should decide for themselves which political force they will support, without any interference from foreign countries.”
🔷 “If the demonstration is held openly and transparently and some political power gets the majority of the votes, our population will be less interested in the issue of recognition or non-recognition of the elections from the West. Even if the elections are not recognized, the position of the population here will be principled, having elected its own government, which disposes of the state’s property, adopts laws and is the defender of its own population. Therefore, we have to accept that the fate of Georgia is decided by the Georgian people. All the more if we take into account the double standard of the European Union, which does not have an objective and fair approach to a number of issues. Moreover, the European Union demands that the judicial system be subordinated to them and under their control, which I consider an insult to the country.” – noted the MP.
🔷 The chairman of the political group reviewed the political vicissitudes after the 2020 parliamentary elections, when “radical opposition parties and certain non-governmental organizations acted at the behest of the West in order not to recognize the elections”.
🔷”We were the only opposition political party that entered the parliament and engaged in parliamentary activities, and this continued for the entire 6 months. Considering this reality, the West no longer wanted radical opposition parties to act from outside, because the democratic principle of multi-partyism was already preserved in the parliament, where there was both the majority and the opposition in the form of us – “European socialists”. Therefore, the West and Charles Michel again implemented a double standard and representatives of the radical opposition entered the parliament.
🔷 The issue of the legitimacy of the parliament became stronger even after the temporary investigative commission studying the elections, of which I was a member, adopted a resolution stating that during the parliamentary elections of 2020 there were no significant violations that could affect the results of the elections.
🔷 At that time, it was invented and organized by the West, headed by the US Embassy in Georgia. – said Fridon Injia.
🔷 As for predicting the results of the elections, the MP noted that according to today’s data, no political force can clearly beat the “dream”, although the results of the elections show a specific percentage distribution.
🔷 “Based on the activities of “Georgian Dream” today, no other party will be able to resist in the parliamentary elections. Moreover, the parties represented today are divided into certain groups.
It is still too early to talk about the results of the 2024 parliamentary elections. Until then, many things can change both in the political arena of bribery and globally, because the world cataclysms starting from the war in Ukraine and ending with the presidential elections in America should be taken into account,” the deputy believes.

📍 The chairman of the parliamentary political group “European Socialists” Fridon Injia states that if the “People’s Power” initiates a proposal in the Parliament of Georgia on the creation of a temporary investigative commission to study the war of August 2008, he will support it, and primacy is not important here, even though The chairman of the “European Socialists” political group put this issue on the agenda more than a year ago.

🔷 “It has been more than a year since we made a statement on this issue, both at the press conference and from the plenary session hall of the Parliament, noting that the creation of such a commission is necessary.

🔷 I believe that the creation of a temporary commission of inquiry to study the war of August 2008 is necessary today and not after 10-12 years.

🔷 Accordingly, for our party and political group, this issue is still relevant today.

🔷 When we came out with this initiative, we demanded to determine everything. What happened and how our land was sold, how we lost 20% of the country’s territory, how we lost the Kodori valley, which was not involved in this war, and many others. This issue is relevant even today and it does not need any conditions.” – Fridon Injia believes.

🔷 According to the MP, at the time when he made a statement about the need to create a temporary investigative commission, representatives of “People’s Power” supported this initiative, but the problem of gathering the necessary 50 votes was on the agenda, because “the so-called The opposition came out against this initiative, because they themselves were participants in these processes.”

🔷 “As I mentioned, this issue was initiated by us and the representatives of “People’s Power” supported us then, but since 50 votes were needed and the so-called opposition did not support us in this, because they themselves were participants in this process, with the final decision this initiative was rejected. The procession was not given.

🔷 We are not talking about primacy here. Whoever will solve this issue will shed light on the reality and give the people of Georgia a choice as to how and by whom our good Georgian lands are. – said the MP.

📌 The chairman of the parliamentary political group “European Socialists” Fridon Injia assessed the most current political events in the country during a live visit to “Alt Info” TV station.
🔷 Fridon Injia responded to today’s statement of the Government of Georgia, where it is said that in order to regulate the relationship, it is important for the Ukrainian authorities to hand over the criminals who hold high positions in Ukraine to Georgia.
🔷 In particular, the case concerns the visit of the convicted Zurab Adeishvili, who holds the position of advisor to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine in the Ukrainian government, together with the official delegation of Ukraine to the European Union and the Federal Republic of Germany.
🔷 According to the MP, during the period of “Georgian Dream” rule, there was never such rhetoric and demands from the Georgian authorities in relation to partner countries. Georgia has been under the pressure of pseudo-liberals for years, from our sleepless “friends”.
🔷 Therefore, during the whole 12 years, there were many things that Georgia could do for the benefit of the country and population. The same deepening of relations with the People’s Republic of China, participation in various economic projects that would be beneficial for our country.
🔷 Throughout the years, we have been patiently listening to our partners. Unfortunately, we were adopting such laws as, for example, the Law on Discrimination, which was adopted by the Parliament in 2014.
🔷 That’s why it should be said that statements with similar content from the side of the Georgian government are a step forward on the path of our country’s independence and sovereignty, and this issue should have been on the agenda earlier, and it is definitely welcome that Georgia, this small country, both countries, Ukraine and Germany The Federal Republic was asked to play by the rules of the political game called democracy and equality between two independent states. – said Fridon Injia.
🔷 The chairman of the political group believes that the Georgian government correctly assessed the current political events in the world. In this case, especially in relation to Ukraine. The same, the current domestic or foreign policy of the United States of America, or America’s attitude towards Europe. In this context, the situation of Europe itself, taking into account the sanctions imposed on Russia, which returned to Europe like a boomerang.
🔷The deputy does not rule out certain changes by the end of this year, both between the United States of America and Europe, as well as within Europe itself.
🔷 “I think the government of Georgia correctly assessed and analyzed the current political events in the world. The fact that we have our interests, which are expressed in the protection of the country’s sovereignty and independence, in the implementation of those economic projects that will be beneficial for the country. Therefore, the government of Georgia has taken a completely logical and politically correct step in this regard”. – said the MP.
🔷 When asked by the journalist how it is possible to restore the territorial integrity of Georgia without negotiations, Fridon Injia said, “The fact is that we have been following this policy for 30 years and there are no results and nothing has changed for the benefit of Georgia, on the contrary, we have lost a lot. Therefore, this issue needs to be considered and the current policy in this regard needs to be changed.”
🔷 “I think that this will change in the near future, by the end of the year. The situation has been unchanged for the last 30 years. Staff transfers alone are not enough. It needs further bold steps. The government should talk to Russia and the two neighboring states should clarify their relations with each other.
🔷 In order for the relationship to be restored, a direct one-on-one dialogue is needed here. I think we have no other choice, and the sooner this relationship is settled, the more beneficial it will be for our country, our people, and many things can be resolved more easily through negotiations. We should not forget the example of Ukraine and the situation in which Ukraine is today”. – said the MP.
🔷 Fridon Injia believes that regarding the issue of restoring the country’s territorial integrity, it is important for the government to take a spare and use the “window of opportunity” that exists today, especially if we take into account the current situation in Transcaucasia.
🔷Therefore, the government should clearly and principledly declare what place Georgia occupies in the region. The government of the country should also understand well that the “monster” states of the world will not collide with each other because of such a small country like Georgia. Therefore, today it is important to take precise and effective steps for the future prosperity of the country.
🔷 Regarding the issue of banning LGBT+ propaganda, regarding which “Georgian Dream” is going to adopt the draft law, according to Fridon Injia, “European social

On the part of “Istis”, this issue was announced on the agenda in the month of May of last year from the parliamentary tribune.
🔷 “This is a great challenge to the forces that are working against our identity and customs.
🔷 There is a proposal to prohibit the holding of gatherings or demonstrations in the areas surrounding kindergartens, schools, educational and cultural institutions, parks, squares, and all public gathering places. How a Georgian family should be comes from parents.
🔷Here is another issue worth noting. In particular, the law will not have any force unless the law “On Discrimination”, which was adopted by the Parliament in 2014, has been changed, otherwise, the adoption of the law will not have force.
🔷”I think that the adoption of the draft law on the “LGBT+ ban” will cause opposition from the forces that are fed and financed primarily by the United States of America. Therefore, work on this issue should be complex. I hope that “Georgian Dream” will He will be principled in his position in relation to the issues”, said the deputy.
🔷 Regarding today’s statement of Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze regarding the current drug policy in the country, in particular, regarding the negative results of drug liberalization propaganda, Fridon Injia noted that if the updated plan developed by the government is joint and complex, where the relevant agencies are actively involved, in such a case, Such changes will have consequences.
🔷 “The work in this process should be conducted at the level of ideology and relevant agencies, including and first of all, the Ministry of Education should be very actively involved in the implementation of this plan. On the other hand, law enforcement should take over the control mechanism, and the legislation should be strict in this regard, and we have an example of this in many countries, especially in Asian countries, where drug crime is minimized.” – Fridon Injia believes.
🔷 To the journalist’s question about the chances of the new political union of Nika Gvaramia and Nika Melia in the parliamentary elections, Fridon Injia answered that with the current political configuration, it will be quite difficult for this force to overcome the 5% barrier.
🔷 “5% is not a little. That’s about 100 thousand votes, which is not easy to get. Here it will be important what they will offer to the population. What plans will they have for the election and what mechanisms of implementation of these plans will they present to the people. Otherwise, with this configuration, they will not pass the 5% threshold.” – the deputy believes.
🔷 Regarding the election plans of the “European Socialists” parliamentary political group, Fridon Injia said that the “European Socialists” will take their place where the country’s interests are first.