We, the undersigned civil society organizations, would like to react to the statement by the Chair of the ruling party Georgian Dream, Mr. Irakli Kobakhidze, on the withdrawal from the EU brokered so-called ”Charles Michel agreement” signed by the Georgian Dream on April 19.
We believe that this decision by the authorities constitutes a straightforward rejection of Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic course and the peaceful development of the country through democratic reforms. The decision of Georgian Dream is a way to deepen the pre-election political crisis and polarization and only serves a desire to retain the power, for which the “Georgian Dream” is ready to sacrifice the country’s prosperity, Western orientation, democratic development and friendly relations with strategic partners.
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- Georgian Democracy Initiative (GDI)
- Rights Georgia (RG)
- Georgian Court Watch
- The Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI)
- The Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC)
- Europe Foundation’s (EPF)
- Social Justice Center (SJC)
- Media Development Foundation (MDF)
- Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
- Democracy Research Institute
- Georgia’s Reforms Associates (GRASS)
- Human Rights Center (HRC)
- Atlantic Council of Georgia
- Union “Sapari” (HRHT)
- Society and Banks (SAB)
- Governance Monitoring Center (GMC)
- NNLE Shame Movement
- International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED)
- Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSGF)
- Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia)