{"id":869,"date":"2014-10-02T10:57:43","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T10:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/?p=869"},"modified":"2015-09-17T13:42:32","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T13:42:32","slug":"georgia-overcoming-polarisation-to-continue-democratic-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/?p=869","title":{"rendered":"Georgia: overcoming \u2018polarisation\u2019 to continue democratic development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Parliamentary Assembly, CoE (PACE)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-870\" style=\"width: 120px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/covcasbulletin-info.hhd.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Covcas-PACE-Jensen-Cilevics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-870\" src=\"https:\/\/covcasbulletin-info.hhd.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Covcas-PACE-Jensen-Cilevics.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Aastrup Jensen, Boriss Cilevics\" width=\"120\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Aastrup Jensen, Boriss Cilevics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During a plenary debate, the Assembly applauded all the political forces in Georgia for the handover of power which occurred \u201cpeacefully and democratically\u201d following the 2012 parliamentary and 2013 presidential elections, despite tensions and a polarised environment. On the basis of the conclusions of the monitoring co-rapporteurs, Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevics (Latvia, SOC), PACE noted with satisfaction that the emergence of a strong opposition, combined with a well-organised ruling coalition, \u201chas strengthened the role of the parliament\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The adopted resolution also welcomes the comprehensive reforms announced by the authorities, including constitutional reform, to further strengthen the country\u2019s democratic institutions and guarantee the independence of the judiciary and an adversarial justice system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the same time, the text calls on the authorities to ensure that the investigation and prosecution of former government officials \u2013 based on allegations of possible criminal conduct during their tenure \u2013 are conducted impartially, in respect of the principles of a fair trial, as enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights. The parliamentarians also expressed their concern about the widespread use of pre-trial detention in Georgia and stressed that it should not be used for political purposes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The country will have to \u201covercome the antagonism, polarisation and sense of revenge\u201d still present in order to continue its democratic development, concluded the Assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Parliamentary Assembly, CoE (PACE) During a plenary debate, the Assembly applauded all the political forces in Georgia for the handover of power which occurred \u201cpeacefully <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/?p=869\" title=\"Georgia: overcoming \u2018polarisation\u2019 to continue democratic development\">[more &gt;&gt;&gt;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-georgia","category-georgia-human-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":871,"href":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions\/871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}