The News in Brief
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Prepared by Messenger Staff
Opposition parties present candidates for public office
"Lelo", "Strategy Agmashenebeli" and "United National Movement" will nominate Ana Abashidze, Nazi Janezashvili and Giorgi Burjanadze as candidates for public defender.
As a result of consultations, they decided that the opposition will be supported by the candidates nominated by non-governmental organizations.
Giorgi Vashadze, the leader of "Strategy Agmashenebeli", said that only 3 candidates deserve his trust and he cannot deceive the public and name the fourth because he has to fill 7 candidates.
According to Davit Usupashvili and Levan Bezhashvili, members of "Lelo" and UNM, other parliamentary subjects will be obliged to fill the number of candidates to 7.
According to the procedure, from among the candidates evaluated by the 9-member commission, the 7-member group of opposition, factions, political groups, and non-partisan MPs will be able to nominate candidates for public defense, which should not be less than 7, by October 21.
According to the amendment to the regulations, candidates for the position of Public Defender in 2022 were submitted to the Parliament of Georgia in accordance with the order of the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia.
"Lelo" demands revision of draft law on creation of anti-corruption agency
"Lelo" demands the initiation of consideration of the draft law on the creation of an anti-corruption agency in the parliament. This bill was initiated in the parliament in 2021.
The political secretary of the party "Lelo", Salome Samadashvili, said that the "Georgian Dream", which is the center of corruption, does not think that this is the country's problem, however, according to her, the Vake Park tragedy showed the opposite.
"This is the corruption that deprives our children of the chance to live in a normal country. As it turns out, this corruption is dangerous for people's lives.
It is a fact that until now the "Georgian Dream" did not consider it necessary to consider this initiative when corruption kills people and when the European Union tells us that if we do not fight corruption, this country has no future in the European Union, but the Georgian Dream, which is itself the center of this corruption, does not He thinks that this is the problem of this country," she said.
Opposition parties present candidates for public office
As a result of consultations, they decided that the opposition will be supported by the candidates nominated by non-governmental organizations.
Giorgi Vashadze, the leader of "Strategy Agmashenebeli", said that only 3 candidates deserve his trust and he cannot deceive the public and name the fourth because he has to fill 7 candidates.
According to Davit Usupashvili and Levan Bezhashvili, members of "Lelo" and UNM, other parliamentary subjects will be obliged to fill the number of candidates to 7.
According to the procedure, from among the candidates evaluated by the 9-member commission, the 7-member group of opposition, factions, political groups, and non-partisan MPs will be able to nominate candidates for public defense, which should not be less than 7, by October 21.
According to the amendment to the regulations, candidates for the position of Public Defender in 2022 were submitted to the Parliament of Georgia in accordance with the order of the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia.
"Lelo" demands revision of draft law on creation of anti-corruption agency
The political secretary of the party "Lelo", Salome Samadashvili, said that the "Georgian Dream", which is the center of corruption, does not think that this is the country's problem, however, according to her, the Vake Park tragedy showed the opposite.
"This is the corruption that deprives our children of the chance to live in a normal country. As it turns out, this corruption is dangerous for people's lives.
It is a fact that until now the "Georgian Dream" did not consider it necessary to consider this initiative when corruption kills people and when the European Union tells us that if we do not fight corruption, this country has no future in the European Union, but the Georgian Dream, which is itself the center of this corruption, does not He thinks that this is the problem of this country," she said.