Work on 'Ukrainian model' law on de-oligarchization to continue, Shalva Papuashvili says
By Liza Mchedlidze
Monday, November 28, 2022
The Chairman of the Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili said that the Venice Commission has sent the Georgian Parliament official response regarding Ukrainian law on de-oligarchization, which is one of the main points of 12 recommendations issued by European Union for Georgia to obtain the EU candidacy status:
"We received an official response from the Venice Commission that the work on the Ukrainian law on de-oligarchization continues," said Papuashvili.
According to him, the official response from Venice Commission also revealed that the conclusion on the Ukrainian model of de-oligarchization will be finalized in 2023, without specifying the date.
"We received an official response from the Venice Commission through the representation of the Georgian Embassy in the Council of Europe that the work on Ukrainian law continues. It is not withdrawn and the process is proceeding normally. Also, we were told that the conclusion on this project will be in 2023, although they did not give us the date. Therefore, we will consider how appropriate it is to send our project to the Venice Commission for a conclusion. This is the latest information we have.
"There will be a conclusion of the Ukrainian law, although the Venice Commission cannot name a specific date," Shalva Papuashvili said.
Shalva Papuashvili answered the question whether the Parliament of Georgia will pass the law on de-oligarchization in all three readings before 2023:
"Let's see. That is why we said that our approach was that it is identical to the Ukrainian law, so whatever the conclusion on the Ukrainian law would be, the same would be relevant for us, although as I told you, the answer is that the final conclusion will be in 2023," Chairman of Parliament said.
