Shalva Papuashvili criticizes the EU Delegation

The Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, addresses the EU Delegation in a statement published on social media. According to Papuashvili, protecting human rights does not mean justifying behavior, and he demands that the EU, along with protecting freedom of expression, condemn the insulting of citizens. Rustavi 2+3

According to the Chairman of the Parliament, last week a concert by musician Alexandre Kordzaia was held with EU funding, which insulted a part of the public. Papuashvili notes that the EU Delegation assessed this action as freedom of creative expression, which, in his own assessment, became an encouragement for the author of the insult. 1TV+2

Papuashvili also responds to Mikheil Saakashvili's video address and states that this is also the result of a campaign incited from the outside. According to him, unpunished violence and insults become a political symbol, which contributes to the repetition of such actions. 1TV+2

At the same time, Levan Machavariani states that for foreign patrons, the "Law on Transparency" and the "anti-LGBT propaganda" law turned out to be existential, which is why they needed to mobilize an agent network. Rustavi 2