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25 June 2013
Tabled by the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 3.5 with the following paragraph:
"national provisions on “abuse of office” should be interpreted narrowly and applied with a high threshold, by reference to additional criteria, such as, in cases involving economic interests, intent of personal gain; they should only be invoked against politicians as the last resort and the level of sanctions should be proportional to the legal offence and not influenced by political considerations;"
25 June 2013
Tabled by the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
If adopted, amendment 5 falls.
Votes: 79 in favor 0 against 7 abstentions
In the draft resolution, delete paragraph 4.
26 June 2013
Tabled by Mr Volodymyr PYLYPENKO, Mr Ivan POPESCU, Mr Tedo JAPARIDZE, Ms Guguli MAGRADZE, Ms Nadezda GERASIMOVA
Falls if amendment 2 is adopted.
In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 4 with the following paragraph:
"The Assembly condemns any abuses in the criminal justice system of the member states holding ex-or acting ministers criminally liable, as they turn the judiciary into the persecutor of political opponents. In such a case there is a danger that the principles of keeping political and criminal responsibility separate can be violated."
25 June 2013
Tabled by the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
In the draft resolution, before paragraph 5.1, insert the following paragraph:
"urges governing majorities in member States to refrain from abusing the criminal justice system for the persecution of political opponents."
25 June 2013
Tabled by the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
If adopted, amendment 6 falls.
Votes: 79 in favor 0 against 6 abstentions
In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 5.3 with the following paragraph:
"urges the competent authorities of those member States which have been condemned for violation of Article 18 of the European Convention of Human Rights (prohibition of misuse of power in restricting the rights and freedoms) to take specific measures to ensure the effective independence of the judiciary and speedily and comprehensively execute the relevant judgements of the European Court of Human Rights."
26 June 2013
Tabled by Mr Volodymyr PYLYPENKO, Mr Ivan POPESCU, Mr Tedo JAPARIDZE, Ms Guguli MAGRADZE, Ms Nadezda GERASIMOVA
Falls if amendment 4 is adopted.
In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 5.3 with the following paragraph:
"urges member-states of the Council of Europe to more actively implement the recommendations of the Venice Commission to ensure the effective and independent model of legal proceedings and the prompt and full execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights;"
27 June 2013
Tabled by Mr Luca VOLONTÈ, Mr Thierry MARIANI, Mr Peter van DIJK, Mr Viorel-Riceard BADEA, Mr Kimmo SASI, Mr Andrzej HALICKI, Mr Marek KRZĄKAŁA, Ms Anne-Mari VIROLAINEN, Mr Robert WALTER, Mr Robert NEILL, Mr Joachim HÖRSTER, Mr Axel FISCHER, Mr Erich Georg FRITZ, Mr Serhii SOBOLIEV, Mr Cezar Florin PREDA, Mr Arcadio DÍAZ TEJERA, Mr José MENDES BOTA, Mr Roel DESEYN, Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Ms Marietta de POURBAIX-LUNDIN, Mr Volodymyr ARIEV, Mr Márton BRAUN, Mr László KOSZORÚS, Mr Péter HOPPÁL, Ms Katalin CSÖBÖR, Mr Gergely GULYÁS, Mr Pedro AGRAMUNT, Ms Sylvi GRAHAM, Ms Ingjerd SCHOU, Mr Gábor Tamás NAGY, Mr Imre VEJKEY, Mr João Bosco MOTA AMARAL, Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Mr Terry LEYDEN, Ms Orinta LEIPUTĖ, Ms Ana GUŢU, Ms Carmen QUINTANILLA, Mr Robert BIEDROŃ, Ms Inese LĪBIŅA-EGNERE, Sir Edward LEIGH, Mr Otto CHALOUPKA, Mr Giorgi KANDELAKI
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 5.3, insert the following paragraph:
"urges the Georgian authorities to take specific measures to ensure the effective independence of the judiciary and in this respect regrets the repeated verbal attacks by the Minister of Justice on individual judges who refuse the prosecutor's office requests. The Minister of Justice should refrain from attacking judges' personalities or decisions. The Assembly also calls upon the Government of Georgia to comply with the opinion of the Venice Commission on its initiative to set up a commission on miscarriage of justice.
27 June 2013
Tabled by Mr Luca VOLONTÈ, Mr Thierry MARIANI, Mr Peter van DIJK, Mr Viorel-Riceard BADEA, Mr Kimmo SASI, Mr Andrzej HALICKI, Mr Marek KRZĄKAŁA, Ms Anne-Mari VIROLAINEN, Mr Robert WALTER, Mr Robert NEILL, Mr Joachim HÖRSTER, Mr Axel FISCHER, Mr Erich Georg FRITZ, Mr Serhii SOBOLIEV, Mr José MENDES BOTA, Mr Cezar Florin PREDA, Mr Arcadio DÍAZ TEJERA, Mr Roel DESEYN, Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Mr Volodymyr ARIEV, Mr Márton BRAUN, Mr László KOSZORÚS, Mr Péter HOPPÁL, Ms Katalin CSÖBÖR, Mr Gergely GULYÁS, Mr Pedro AGRAMUNT, Ms Sylvi GRAHAM, Ms Ingjerd SCHOU, Mr Gábor Tamás NAGY, Mr Imre VEJKEY, Mr João Bosco MOTA AMARAL, Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Mr Terry LEYDEN, Ms Orinta LEIPUTĖ, Ms Ana GUŢU, Ms Carmen QUINTANILLA, Mr Robert BIEDROŃ, Ms Inese LĪBIŅA-EGNERE, Sir Edward LEIGH, Mr Otto CHALOUPKA, Mr Giorgi KANDELAKI
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 5, insert the following paragraph: "Concerning Georgia, the prosecution and, in particular, the pre-trial detention of former Prime Minister and leader of the main opposition party UNM, Ivane Merabishvili, as well as the prosecution and charging of more than 100 former officials and opposition members, is a matter for concern. The Assembly considers the link publicly made on several occasions by the current Prime Minister between these prosecutions and the rhetoric of the opposition as a sign of selective justice."