The processes ongoing in the US make it necessary for every embassy to make public every cent spent by their country on elections and internal political processes - and Brussels should set an example, - Speaker of the Parliament Shalva Papuashvili writes on Facebook.

According to him, while the new US administration admits that under the umbrella of foreign aid, American money was used to finance "the spread of invented ideologies"., this automatically casts doubt on the honesty of other countries' spending in Georgia.

"The new US administration admits that under the umbrella of foreign aid, American money was used to finance the spread of invented ideologies, censorship, interference in domestic politics, overthrow of governments, etc.

When the largest donor admits this, it automatically calls into question the integrity of other countries’ spending in Georgia.

Now it’s the turn of the other donor countries. They need to check what their taxpayers’ money is being spent on. The opposition and NGOs in these countries should be particularly interested in this.

Brussels should set an example. In the fall of 2023, I wrote to the EU ambassador asking him to ensure that the funding of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED, which is called the European branch of the NED behind the scenes) is made public. After several months of consideration, I received a refusal from the ambassador, on the grounds that EED was a separate organization. Of course, this was just an excuse. EED is fully financed from the budgets of Brussels and the member states, and it is run by a few odious MEPs.

A separate issue is the illegal spending of funds allocated from Brussels and other capitals for party election purposes for the 2024 elections. We all remember how, due to foreign pressure, the Anti-Corruption Bureau had to suspend its investigation when traces of specific foreign donors were revealed behind the political NGOs involved in the elections.

The ongoing processes in the US make it necessary for every embassy to make public every cent spent by its country on elections and domestic political processes," Papuashvili writes.