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Shalva Papuashvili: Today, Kaja Kallas threatened two Georgian judges with sanctions - It seems she does not grasp European values; The EU ambassador usually doesn’t bother, but I think some explanations are in order

Shalva Papuashvili: Today, Kaja Kallas threatened two Georgian judges with sanctions - It seems she does not grasp European values; The EU ambassador usually doesn’t bother, but I think some explanations are in order
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“EU citizens should look at this and decide what they want—do they want Brussels to be led toward the Soviet Union by such bureaucrats who threaten an independent country, independent judiciary, and independent judges? What we are hearing is shameful,” said Shalva Papuashvili, Speaker of the Parliament, in response to a statement by Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, who indicated that the proposed sanctions list concerning Georgia also includes judges.

According to Papuashvili, clarifications are needed from the EU Ambassador regarding this matter.

“A few days ago, the political council of ‘Georgian Dream’ issued an open letter, and it perfectly aligns with what we are hearing today, including from the EU High Representative. This is direct evidence of what we have been talking about. It is unfortunate—this aggressive rhetoric, slanderous and disinformation-based attacks against the Georgian state and people, and Soviet-style threats, which we heard today, including from Kaja Kallas. She threatened two Georgian judges with sanctions today. This is the unfortunate path that Brussels is taking. EU citizens should look at this and decide what they want—do they want such bureaucrats, who threaten an independent country, independent judiciary, and independent judges, to lead Brussels toward the Soviet Union? What we are hearing is shameful. The EU Ambassador usually doesn’t bother with clarifications, but I think clarifications are necessary. Ambassadors from various countries sit in the courtroom to create an intimidating environment for judges, so that threats like these can then be heard from the EU,” Papuashvili stated.

According to Papuashvili, “instead of Kaja Kallas apologizing on behalf of the EU to the Georgian judiciary for previous attacks, today she is slandering Georgian judges and threatening them with various punitive measures.”

“Let me remind Ms. Kallas—such attacks were heard after the trials of Mikheil Saakashvili, Nika Melia, and Gvaramia. Officials would come out and threaten the Georgian state, people, and judges. Each time, the case went to Strasbourg, and it turned out that the EU was lying, and the Georgian judges were right,” Papuashvili explained.

Papuashvili called on Brussels’ bureaucracy to “return to the path of respecting human rights, as what we heard today from the High Representative is a disregard for human rights.”

“Regarding the threat related to visa liberalization, which we also heard from Kallas, the earlier decision to introduce visa requirements for diplomatic and service passports violates the 2010 agreement. Did we escape the Soviet Union to join the EU only to find the Soviet Union in Brussels? I call on Brussels’ bureaucracy to return to the path of respecting human rights. What we heard today from the High Representative is a disregard for human rights, as justice serves to restore the rights of victims. Apparently, for Ms. Kallas, a police officer injured by burns means nothing, a police officer beaten with fists means nothing, or the fact that Georgia’s Parliament was set on fire means nothing. It seems Ms. Kallas fails to comprehend European values. Having an EU passport in your pocket does not mean you share European values, and the Baltic political elite provides a good example of this, unable to move beyond the Soviet mentality and attempting to establish that mentality in Brussels,” the Speaker of the Parliament stated.

Shalva Papuashvili: Today, Kaja Kallas threatened two Georgian judges with sanctions - It seems she does not grasp European values; The EU ambassador usually doesn’t bother, but I think some explanations are in order

“EU citizens should look at this and decide what they want—do they want Brussels to be led toward the Soviet Union by such bureaucrats who threaten an independent country, independent judiciary, and independent judges? What we are hearing is shameful,” said Shalva Papuashvili, Speaker of the Parliament, in response to a statement by Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, who indicated that the proposed sanctions list concerning Georgia also includes judges.

According to Papuashvili, clarifications are needed from the EU Ambassador regarding this matter.

“A few days ago, the political council of ‘Georgian Dream’ issued an open letter, and it perfectly aligns with what we are hearing today, including from the EU High Representative. This is direct evidence of what we have been talking about. It is unfortunate—this aggressive rhetoric, slanderous and disinformation-based attacks against the Georgian state and people, and Soviet-style threats, which we heard today, including from Kaja Kallas. She threatened two Georgian judges with sanctions today. This is the unfortunate path that Brussels is taking. EU citizens should look at this and decide what they want—do they want such bureaucrats, who threaten an independent country, independent judiciary, and independent judges, to lead Brussels toward the Soviet Union? What we are hearing is shameful. The EU Ambassador usually doesn’t bother with clarifications, but I think clarifications are necessary. Ambassadors from various countries sit in the courtroom to create an intimidating environment for judges, so that threats like these can then be heard from the EU,” Papuashvili stated.

According to Papuashvili, “instead of Kaja Kallas apologizing on behalf of the EU to the Georgian judiciary for previous attacks, today she is slandering Georgian judges and threatening them with various punitive measures.”

“Let me remind Ms. Kallas—such attacks were heard after the trials of Mikheil Saakashvili, Nika Melia, and Gvaramia. Officials would come out and threaten the Georgian state, people, and judges. Each time, the case went to Strasbourg, and it turned out that the EU was lying, and the Georgian judges were right,” Papuashvili explained.

Papuashvili called on Brussels’ bureaucracy to “return to the path of respecting human rights, as what we heard today from the High Representative is a disregard for human rights.”

“Regarding the threat related to visa liberalization, which we also heard from Kallas, the earlier decision to introduce visa requirements for diplomatic and service passports violates the 2010 agreement. Did we escape the Soviet Union to join the EU only to find the Soviet Union in Brussels? I call on Brussels’ bureaucracy to return to the path of respecting human rights. What we heard today from the High Representative is a disregard for human rights, as justice serves to restore the rights of victims. Apparently, for Ms. Kallas, a police officer injured by burns means nothing, a police officer beaten with fists means nothing, or the fact that Georgia’s Parliament was set on fire means nothing. It seems Ms. Kallas fails to comprehend European values. Having an EU passport in your pocket does not mean you share European values, and the Baltic political elite provides a good example of this, unable to move beyond the Soviet mentality and attempting to establish that mentality in Brussels,” the Speaker of the Parliament stated.

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