🔴Chairman of the parliamentary political group “European Socialists” Fridon Injia participates in the public discussion of the drafts of the Georgian constitutional law “On Amendments to the Constitution of Georgia” and “On Family Values and Protection of Minors”, which started from Western Georgia, namely Kutaisi.
On April 22, the first meeting of the organizing commission was held with the residents in the theater named after Lado Meskhisvili in Kutaisi, where the meeting was held in a question-and-answer mode.
“As the chairman of the opposition political party “European Socialists”, I would like to point out that our party was the first to recognize the 2020 parliamentary elections and for about 5-6 months was the only political force that participated in the work of the legislative body.
I would like to emphasize that the 2020 elections were conducted in a completely transparent manner and there were no violations in the previous parliamentary elections that could have any impact on the election results.
As the chairman of the opposition party, I do not think that as an opposition party, you should necessarily be against the government, or against the good things that the current government is doing.
Of course, there are issues where I have my say and I have an argument for a different opinion on how to solve this or that problem.” – noted the deputy.
The chairman of the political group offered his own proposal to the representatives of the ruling party to replace the word family values in the title of the bill with the word – Georgian values.
“I am taking this opportunity because this issue is being discussed by the general public, which is becoming more and more relevant in the world, and especially in such a traditional country as Georgia.
Therefore, the record that the ruling party offered to the population of Georgia, namely, about family values, here I would write Georgian values instead of family values.
why – Every family in every country has its own values, and in some countries their values are completely unacceptable to us. That’s why I suggest to replace the word family values with the word “Georgian values” and this includes the family, traditions, and the power that is in everyone’s soul, which has saved Georgia for centuries.
There were empires that destroyed states, but Georgia survived and will be a Georgian state as long as the earth rotates. – Fridon Injia said in his speech.
📍 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.
On April 22, the first meeting of the organizing commission was held with the residents in the theater named after Lado Meskhisvili in Kutaisi, where the meeting was held in a question-and-answer mode.
