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Challenges to democracy in Georgia

Amendment No. 5 | Doc. 16018 | 26 June 2024

Signatories:
Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS, Estonia, ALDE ; Mr Levan BEZHASHVILI, Georgia, EPP/CD ; Ms Larysa BILOZIR, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Arminas LYDEKA, Lithuania, ALDE ; Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Liisa-Ly PAKOSTA, Estonia, NR ; Ms Ana TSITLIDZE, Georgia, EPP/CD ; Mr Markus WIECHEL, Sweden, EC/DA ; Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD
Origin
2024 - Third part-session
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 12, insert the following paragraph:

"Unless tangible progress is made in reversing Georgia's democratic backsliding in the immediate term, the Assembly calls upon member States to impose sanctions, including entry bans and asset freezes on Bidzina Ivanishvili, members of the Government of Georgia, leaders of the Parliament of Georgia, the leadership and the Parliamentary Group of the Georgian Dream party, as well as representatives of the power structures and law enforcement agencies of Georgia, including judges and prosecutors, who have been involved in the violent suppression of peaceful demonstrations of the citizens of Georgia and the repression of Georgia’s opposition and civil society."