The News in Brief
Friday, February 16, 2024
Prepared by Messenger Staff
EU Ambassador Urges Government-Civil Sector Collaboration for EU Membership Steps
Pawel Herczynski, the Ambassador of the European Union to Georgia, emphasized the need for collaboration between the government and the civil sector to achieve the 9 steps required for EU membership. He also stressed the importance of involvement from non-governmental organizations within the civil society platform of the Eastern Partnership in these working groups.
"Civil society involvement in legislative and decision-making processes is very important in any democratic state, including Georgia. That is why, in one of the 9 steps, there is specific discussion about maximizing civil society involvement in legislative and decision-making processes.
We are happy to see that Georgia has a vibrant civil society, with a huge diversity of organizations focusing on different issues.
In our opinion, it is extremely important for these civil society organizations to be involved as much as possible in legislative and decision-making processes.
It is the government's responsibility to find ways to involve civil society as much as possible," Herczynski said.
Irakli Gharibashvili Accuses Salome Zourabichvili of Treason and Constitutional Violations
Irakli Gharibashvili, Chairman of Georgian Dream, accused Salome Zourabichvili of treason, claiming that she made no efforts to attain EU candidacy status and has violated the Constitution.
"I will say it directly; now that I am no longer the head of the government and I am the head of the party, I will allow myself. Salome Zourabichvili committed treason. In the eyes of every member of our party and from our point of view, she does not serve the interests of our state. She has flagrantly violated the Constitution more than once, and unfortunately, continues to do so.
What can I say to you except that it is a shame? It's a shame to behave like this, especially from a lady who grew up in Europe and from a president brought by the founder of our team, our party. I have to remind Ms. Salome that her rating was one percent.
Her visit is, of course, a confirmation of this once again, everything is obscured. Her campaign was also fake and hypocritical; she didn't do anything for the country to attain the status. Her goal was to somehow take away this greatly earned status that we brought to the people, the government, together with the people. But here too, she suffered a fiasco." Gharibashvili stated.
EU Ambassador Urges Government-Civil Sector Collaboration for EU Membership Steps
"Civil society involvement in legislative and decision-making processes is very important in any democratic state, including Georgia. That is why, in one of the 9 steps, there is specific discussion about maximizing civil society involvement in legislative and decision-making processes.
We are happy to see that Georgia has a vibrant civil society, with a huge diversity of organizations focusing on different issues.
In our opinion, it is extremely important for these civil society organizations to be involved as much as possible in legislative and decision-making processes.
It is the government's responsibility to find ways to involve civil society as much as possible," Herczynski said.
Irakli Gharibashvili Accuses Salome Zourabichvili of Treason and Constitutional Violations
"I will say it directly; now that I am no longer the head of the government and I am the head of the party, I will allow myself. Salome Zourabichvili committed treason. In the eyes of every member of our party and from our point of view, she does not serve the interests of our state. She has flagrantly violated the Constitution more than once, and unfortunately, continues to do so.
What can I say to you except that it is a shame? It's a shame to behave like this, especially from a lady who grew up in Europe and from a president brought by the founder of our team, our party. I have to remind Ms. Salome that her rating was one percent.
Her visit is, of course, a confirmation of this once again, everything is obscured. Her campaign was also fake and hypocritical; she didn't do anything for the country to attain the status. Her goal was to somehow take away this greatly earned status that we brought to the people, the government, together with the people. But here too, she suffered a fiasco." Gharibashvili stated.