This resolution has no value for us, given that this is another, already the 6th, completely unjust resolution and an attack on the Georgian state and the independence of the media, – Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told journalists about the European Parliament resolution.
He claimed that such acts and resolutions “have a very serious impact on the reputation of the European bureaucracy in our country”.
“All this reminds us of the 9-year period during which a harsh regime was in force, which attacked statehood and the independence of the media in our country. This regime was ruled by the same forces that are initiating such resolutions in the European Parliament today. This is a very sad event. Such acts and resolutions have a very serious impact on the reputation of the European bureaucracy in our country, in the eyes of Georgian society. We hope that the European Union, European institutions and bureaucracy will recover in the future. The current trends are quite serious,” Irakli Kobakhidze noted.
Kobakhidze added that Georgian Dream is not surprised by such acts.
“I would like to recall once again that there was a regime in our country until 2012, which acted on the instructions of exactly the same forces that are initiating certain resolutions in the European Parliament today, and their signature was the attack on independent media. It was this regime that raided both private television stations, for example, Imedi, Rustavi 2, other private broadcasters, as well as the Public Broadcaster. This happened in 2004-2012, on the orders of the very forces that are initiating resolutions in the European Parliament today. Therefore, the attack on independent media is the signature of these forces, the handwriting of the so-called Deep State, the same global party, therefore, we are not surprised by such acts. I will remind you once again that this is the sixth resolution adopted by the European Parliament, which attacks our country, this is a very sad event, although this will not diminish our country in any way, neither our statehood, nor the independence of the media in Georgia, but all this will have a serious impact on the perception of European bureaucracy in our society, this is a very sad event,” he said.
The European Parliament is voting today on the draft resolution “On the further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia”.
The resolution is authored by 57 European Parliament members from five political groups: the European People’s Party, Social Democrats, Conservatives and Reformists, Renew Europe, and Greens.
