Droa: Today, President Joins the Georgian Dream Punishment Campaign by Approving the Laws
By The Messenger Staff
Friday, January 14, 2022
According to the Droa party, President Salome Zourabichvili has joined the Georgian Dream's punitive campaign by signing the laws of the Inspector's Office and common courts.
The party claims that the decision made by the President of Georgia severely damages the process initiated by him regarding the formation of a national consensus.
"President Zourabichvili has signed amendments to the Organic Law on Common Courts and the Law on the Abolition of the Independent Investigation Mechanism, the Office of the State Inspector. The President of Georgia has joined the Georgian Dream campaign against the judiciary and state inspector.
• The changes initiated by the ruling party were followed by harsh assessments from the political opposition, the non-governmental sector, Georgia's international partners, and professional circles. According to the US embassy, “by abolishing the Office of the State Inspector, the ruling party has undermined government accountability.”
• The fact that the President did not use his powers under the Constitution of Georgia and refrained from returning the law to the Parliament with motivated remarks should be considered as encouraging the Georgian Dream in the process of destroying state institutions.
• President Zourabichvili 's action contradicts his position stated in the statement of December 27, 2021, according to which, "while the country is in a state of severe polarization, all such decisions cause ambiguity and questions in society, which are detrimental to the depolarization process."
Today, on January 13, the President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili signed the abolition of the State Inspector's Office.
According to the statement, “the abolition of the service and the establishment of new structures in itself does not provide grounds for motivated remarks of a legal nature by the president.”
In addition, the President signed amendments to the Organic Law on Common Courts, although he noted that “these legislative changes raise some question marks.”