The News in Brief
Friday, March 8, 2024
Prepared by Messenger Staff
Zurab Adeishvili Meets European Commissioner for Justice in Brussels
After the Bundestag session, Zurab Adeishvili, former Minister of Justice of Georgia and former Prosecutor General, who was convicted in absentia, and Andriy Kostin, Prosecutor General of Ukraine, met with the European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, at the European Commission in Brussels.
According to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, the meeting addressed issues regarding holding war criminals and those involved in corruption accountable.
"To achieve this goal, we are enhancing our cooperation in terms of mutual legal assistance and extradition," Kostin remarked.
Additionally, the meeting addressed the tightening of sanctions against Russia and the ongoing reform of Ukraine's law enforcement system.
Chairman of Georgian Parliament Criticizes Opposition's Lack of Initiative and Concrete Ideas
Shalva Papuashvili, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, stated that the opposition lacks both initiative and concrete ideas to offer. Instead, their focus lies solely on determining direction from external sources.
According to Papuashvili, the ruling party consistently poses a question to the opposition, inquiring about their critiques of Georgian justice and requesting them to pinpoint specific issues within the system. Nevertheless, he observed that they were incapable of furnishing any concrete examples or specific instances of perceived injustice.
Additionally, Papuashvili mentioned that only four opposition MPs attended the discussion of draft laws in the Parliament on March 6th.
"We ask them what specific aspects of Georgian justice they dispute and dislike. Name the decision that is unfair. They could not name it. Why can't they name it? Wherever they attempted to name it, fingers were burned. They cited the Rustavi 2 case as an example, attacking Georgian judges. What happened after five years? Strasbourg ruled that the judges were accurate and that NGOs, embassies, and the opposition were false. They should at least apologize before discussing Georgian justice," Papuashvili stated.
Zurab Adeishvili Meets European Commissioner for Justice in Brussels
According to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, the meeting addressed issues regarding holding war criminals and those involved in corruption accountable.
"To achieve this goal, we are enhancing our cooperation in terms of mutual legal assistance and extradition," Kostin remarked.
Additionally, the meeting addressed the tightening of sanctions against Russia and the ongoing reform of Ukraine's law enforcement system.
Chairman of Georgian Parliament Criticizes Opposition's Lack of Initiative and Concrete Ideas
According to Papuashvili, the ruling party consistently poses a question to the opposition, inquiring about their critiques of Georgian justice and requesting them to pinpoint specific issues within the system. Nevertheless, he observed that they were incapable of furnishing any concrete examples or specific instances of perceived injustice.
Additionally, Papuashvili mentioned that only four opposition MPs attended the discussion of draft laws in the Parliament on March 6th.
"We ask them what specific aspects of Georgian justice they dispute and dislike. Name the decision that is unfair. They could not name it. Why can't they name it? Wherever they attempted to name it, fingers were burned. They cited the Rustavi 2 case as an example, attacking Georgian judges. What happened after five years? Strasbourg ruled that the judges were accurate and that NGOs, embassies, and the opposition were false. They should at least apologize before discussing Georgian justice," Papuashvili stated.