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PACE to Debate Georgia’s Political Crisis

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will hold an urgent debate on the situation in Georgia during its spring session, according to the PACE website.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will also discuss the follow-up to the resolution adopted on Georgia, which concerns the ratification of the mandates of the Georgian delegation.

This follows on from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution calling, in January 29 of this year, for new elections in Georgia in the coming months.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, having reviewed the mandates of the Georgian delegation and generally assessing the situation in the country, decided to ratify the mandates of the Georgian delegation by April 2025, albeit with certain conditions.

“PACE urges the Georgian authorities to immediately initiate an inclusive process involving all stakeholders and social actors, including the ruling majority, the opposition and civil society, to urgently address the shortcomings and violations observed in the recent parliamentary elections, and to create an electoral environment that will create the necessary electoral environment for the holding of genuinely democratic new parliamentary elections, which should be announced in the coming months.

PACE urges the Georgian authorities to take immediate and effective steps to enable Georgia to resume its path towards European integration, in line with the European aspirations of its people, and to vigorously accelerate the necessary reforms;

PACE urges the Georgian authorities to immediately end police brutality and human rights violations, to effectively investigate these cases and to end the misuse of judicial processes to detain or retaliate against demonstrators, journalists and civic leaders, and to fully respect “ PACE urges Georgian officials to release all political prisoners by the April 2025 session of the Assembly.” the resolution states.