The News in Brief
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Prepared by Messenger Staff
Deputy Speaker of Sejm Malgorzata Gosiewska says she was threatened with being banned from entering Georgia
Deputy Speaker of the Polish Sejm, Malgorzata Gosiewska said she was threatened with being banned from entering Georgia if she continues to talk about the situation of Georgia and Mikheil Saakashvili, allegedly in an official conversation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
As she specified, the ambassador was told that Gosiewska's "statements harm the relations between Georgia and Poland."
"I want to say that I am not afraid of the threats directed at me. If I continue to talk about the life of the president and the situation in Georgia, they threaten me that I will no longer have the opportunity to enter Georgia. Such threats were heard by our ambassador, who was directly informed about this. I, for example, don't have the opportunity to enter Russia and Belarus due to my work, and if Georgia is added to these countries, everything will be clear here.
Such a threat was made in a formal conversation held with the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland, Mr. Maszkiewicz. This threat was heard in the official conversation. I hope it will not come to that. I want Georgia to return to a normal circle and to be able to visit political prisoners. For years, I visited the former prime minister, Mr. Vano Merabishvili, in prison. I had the opportunity then, now I don't have the opportunity, and several times I was refused to see Saakashvili, and I was also refused to visit Gvaramia." Gosiewska said.
Key to abolishing polarization is weakening of radical opposition, Irakli Kobakhidze says
Irakli Kobakhidze, chairman of the Georgian Dream, told Imedi TV reporter that the key to Georgia abolishing polarization is "the weakening of the radical opposition."
"Today, in fact, the radical opposition is essentially weakened, if this process continues (and I think it will definitely continue), in this case, the country can finally get rid of the closed circle that we call polarization.
Decreasing the degree of radicalism is important, and the main key to this lies in weakening the radical part of the opposition, which should be supported by everyone who is interested in the development of our country," Kobakhidze said.
Deputy Speaker of Sejm Malgorzata Gosiewska says she was threatened with being banned from entering Georgia
As she specified, the ambassador was told that Gosiewska's "statements harm the relations between Georgia and Poland."
"I want to say that I am not afraid of the threats directed at me. If I continue to talk about the life of the president and the situation in Georgia, they threaten me that I will no longer have the opportunity to enter Georgia. Such threats were heard by our ambassador, who was directly informed about this. I, for example, don't have the opportunity to enter Russia and Belarus due to my work, and if Georgia is added to these countries, everything will be clear here.
Such a threat was made in a formal conversation held with the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland, Mr. Maszkiewicz. This threat was heard in the official conversation. I hope it will not come to that. I want Georgia to return to a normal circle and to be able to visit political prisoners. For years, I visited the former prime minister, Mr. Vano Merabishvili, in prison. I had the opportunity then, now I don't have the opportunity, and several times I was refused to see Saakashvili, and I was also refused to visit Gvaramia." Gosiewska said.
Key to abolishing polarization is weakening of radical opposition, Irakli Kobakhidze says
"Today, in fact, the radical opposition is essentially weakened, if this process continues (and I think it will definitely continue), in this case, the country can finally get rid of the closed circle that we call polarization.
Decreasing the degree of radicalism is important, and the main key to this lies in weakening the radical part of the opposition, which should be supported by everyone who is interested in the development of our country," Kobakhidze said.