Parliament did not support the abolition of opposition mandates – assessments outside parliament
Parliament did not support the abolition of mandates for 51 opposition MPs. This was the only issue to be discussed at the spring session.
The first sitting of the parliament was held yesterday for two MPs of “Citizens”, Aleko Elisashvili and Levan Ioseliani. This is the third party to enter parliament so far. Yesterday, Aleko Elisashvili said that he and his fellow party members had “entered the parliament” head-on.
Will anyone else from the opposition enter the legislature? This question still remains open.
Lelo Secretary General Badri Japaridze yesterday advised the Georgian Dream to take steps to hold early elections and said that Lelo’s position in this direction is unchanged.
Giorgi Vashadze, the leader of Strategy Builder, commented on the ruling party’s decision to suspend the opposition MPs from power, saying that the next step of the Georgian Dream should be a concrete proposal acceptable to the opposition in order to reach an agreement.
Other announcements:
Tea Tsulukiani wrote Nika Gvaramia’s number to Aleko Elisashvili: If the elections were rigged, why are you here?
Former Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament Tea Tsulukiani addressed Aleko Elisashvili, the leader of the Citizens ‘Party, at his first sitting of the Parliament, after he said that he was ready to answer citizens’ phone calls as a member of parliament. That he can call him for consultations sometimes.
Thus, Tsulukiani announced Gvaramia’s phone number live, which was later criticized. Nika Gvaramia said that after this speech, the calls on his phone did not stop.
Whether Tea Tsulukiani violated the law will be investigated by the State Inspector’s Office. A statement issued by the inspector said that the purpose of the Law on Personal Data Protection is to protect a person’s personal data and privacy.
In addition, Transparency International Georgia believes that the negative campaign against Nika Gvaramia, the director and shareholder of the Main Channel, is a negative campaign against him.
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The judge sentenced Alexei Navalny to imprisonment
A Moscow court on February 2 sentenced opposition leader Alexei Navalny to at least 2.5 years in prison, serving a sentence in a general regime colony.
The judge replaced that sentence with 3.5 years of probation with actual imprisonment for the same period but reduced it to 10 months, which the politician spent in internal detention.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has again accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of assaulting him and prosecuting him in connection with his detention in the Yves Rocher case.
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The Speaker of the Parliament will deliver a report in front of the Parliament today
The plenary sitting of the Parliament will start on February 3 with the presentation of the report of the Speaker of the Parliament Archil Talakvadze.
According to the press service of the parliament, the session will be attended by government officials and the diplomatic corps.
This report is part of the regulations. Parliament At the beginning of the plenary sessions of the spring session, the chairperson is obliged to present the annual report on the activities of the parliament and the action plan for the next year.
Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine are calling for deeper integration with Europe
Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova believe that the Eastern Partnership should pave the way for ambitious partners to move closer to the EU, strengthen political dialogue, and gradually and fully integrate into the EU internal market, according to a joint letter from the three countries’ foreign ministers. Sent to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Oliver Varhei and Foreign Ministers of EU Member States.
The contents of the joint letter were released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia on February 2. It also emphasizes the importance of increasing the EU ‘s role in the peaceful settlement of the conflict and in deepening security and defense cooperation.
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NGOs demand to stop the construction of Namakhvani HPP
“Not only construction should be stopped, even preparatory works” – NGOs Green Alternative, Human Rights Training and Monitoring Center (EMC) and the Young Lawyers’ Association demand the suspension of the construction of Namakhvan HPP. Representatives of non-governmental organizations claim that the construction of the 333 MW lower Namakhvani HPP is being carried out in violation of the law. A positive environmental decision on the HPP project was made by the Minister of Environment and Agriculture in February last year.
EMC Executive Director Lina Ghvinianidze explains that two things are important when building such a facility: content and public involvement: “Contents ,so Rationale, Scientific Calculation, it is possible If No. construction. Which Touch Review Process, In which All Should To take To participate, We see, that This too Is violated“.
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Does the government support Iveri Melashvili in the moral court?
Various actors, including public officials, clerics, Kremlin, ultranationalist actors, and click-through sites with IP addresses registered in Russia, simultaneously, mostly in a coordinated manner, portrayed cartographers as traitors to the homeland.
This final study was published by the Media Development Foundation on February 1st. The first visible result of the online hatred campaign soon followed – in a public space, in a hardware store, a young man called Iveri Melashvili a traitor and a salesman. The video was soon circulated among pro-government and ultranationalist groups, thanking a young man, Bakar Adamia, for this behavior. Iveri Melashvili’s lawyer, Giorgi Mshvenieradze, blamed the government for arranging a “moral court” for an innocent man. The next day after the incident, MP Giorgi Volski said that Iveri Melashvili was specially “held” in crowded places in order to be insulted and then, if the court found him guilty, to be used by his defense.
How has the campaign against cartographers shifted from virtual space to public space, and is the moral court government supporting the recently released defendants? Read more about Nastasia Arabic in the article.
Of course, Hollywood alone does not deceive us – snake bites need to be absorbed, and jellyfish’s blood needs to be sucked out. Here, we all try to keep the blood from the nose wrong …
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