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Tuesday, November 1, 2022
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Anri Okhanashvili on de-oligarchization bill
The chairman of the legal issues committee Anri Okhanashvili, at the meeting where the initiated law in the first reading "on de-oligarchization" was submitted, said that the task is to end political "speculations and manipulations" and fulfill the recommendations issued by European Union for Georgia's candidate status.
"Regarding de-oligarchization, our task is, on the one hand, to fulfill this record of the 12-point plan in particular, and on the other hand, to put an end to political speculations and manipulations, -" said Anri Okhanashvili.
Okhanashvili emphasized that the issue refers to such a phenomenon as de-oligarchization, regarding which the only country that has legal regulations for it is Ukraine.
For this reason the Ukrainian option was discussed and presented for discussion within the working group.
"Deriving from the fact that a call was made by the European structures regarding Ukraine regarding the implementation of the law adopted by them, familiarization, discussion and analysis of the Ukrainian model was considered as an objective measure within the working group.That is why we considered the Ukrainian model. Finally, the working group agreed on the issue, including within the framework of different opinions, to present the draft law "on de-oligarchization", Anri Okhanashvili said.
According to him, the issue has become the subject of political speculation among political parties.
"What is meant and who is meant by the oligarch is being manipulated - it turns out that a specific person was thought up by the European structure in the 12-point plan," added Anri Okhanashvili.
It is unlikely that Georgia receives candidacy status by the end of 2023, Zura Japaridze says
According to Zura Japaridze, the leader of "Girchi-More Freedom", it is very likely that Georgia will receive the status of a candidate country for the European Union by the end of 2023.
As he told the journalists, the actions and statements of "Georgian Dream" are raising questions in Brussels, which, in his opinion, is not doing anything to fulfill the 12 recommendations of the European Commission.
"The questions are related to the behavior of "Georgian Dream" and the steps they took before and after the rejection of candidate status. These are the questions due to which, with a very high, 99% probability, we will be denied candidate status at the end of next year. This is the answer to the question "do you want war" from them. We don't want war, we want to fulfill the recommendations, but they won't do it," Japaridze said.
In addition, he also responded to the process of selecting a new public defender and said that the government will most likely select the candidate they want for this position.
"I do not believe that this government will give up any democratic institution and give it independence and freedom. The nature of this government is such that all points of power must be fully controlled, among them it may not be so problematic in terms of loss of power, but I think they will assign their own candidate to this position as well", Japaridze said.
Anri Okhanashvili on de-oligarchization bill
"Regarding de-oligarchization, our task is, on the one hand, to fulfill this record of the 12-point plan in particular, and on the other hand, to put an end to political speculations and manipulations, -" said Anri Okhanashvili.
Okhanashvili emphasized that the issue refers to such a phenomenon as de-oligarchization, regarding which the only country that has legal regulations for it is Ukraine.
For this reason the Ukrainian option was discussed and presented for discussion within the working group.
"Deriving from the fact that a call was made by the European structures regarding Ukraine regarding the implementation of the law adopted by them, familiarization, discussion and analysis of the Ukrainian model was considered as an objective measure within the working group.That is why we considered the Ukrainian model. Finally, the working group agreed on the issue, including within the framework of different opinions, to present the draft law "on de-oligarchization", Anri Okhanashvili said.
According to him, the issue has become the subject of political speculation among political parties.
"What is meant and who is meant by the oligarch is being manipulated - it turns out that a specific person was thought up by the European structure in the 12-point plan," added Anri Okhanashvili.
It is unlikely that Georgia receives candidacy status by the end of 2023, Zura Japaridze says
As he told the journalists, the actions and statements of "Georgian Dream" are raising questions in Brussels, which, in his opinion, is not doing anything to fulfill the 12 recommendations of the European Commission.
"The questions are related to the behavior of "Georgian Dream" and the steps they took before and after the rejection of candidate status. These are the questions due to which, with a very high, 99% probability, we will be denied candidate status at the end of next year. This is the answer to the question "do you want war" from them. We don't want war, we want to fulfill the recommendations, but they won't do it," Japaridze said.
In addition, he also responded to the process of selecting a new public defender and said that the government will most likely select the candidate they want for this position.
"I do not believe that this government will give up any democratic institution and give it independence and freedom. The nature of this government is such that all points of power must be fully controlled, among them it may not be so problematic in terms of loss of power, but I think they will assign their own candidate to this position as well", Japaridze said.