Georgian president outraged by Soviet anthem in parliament
“Any reproduction of the USSR anthem in the parliament is an insult and violation of the current legislation of Georgia, which discredits the state institution,” said Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili in a recent statement.
She says that by playing the anthem of the Soviet Union in the parliament chamber yesterday, opposition representatives violated the Freedom Charter, which has been in force since 2011. Its purpose is to eradicate the use of communist and fascist symbols, as well as to prohibit any propaganda of totalitarian and fascist ideology.
On February 18, opposition deputies from “European Georgia” Elena Khoshtaria and Irma Nadirashvili interrupted the speech of Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze, bursting into the conference room and playing the USSR anthem through the speakers. They did this in opposition of the one-party system that operated in the Soviet Union. In their opinion, the ruling “Georgian Dream” party seeks to establish the same system in Georgia.
Readers may recall that the opposition parties are boycotting the work of parliament after the highest legislative body rejected amendments to the electoral code which would begin to transition the government to a proportional election system.
Khoshtaria says the opposition will organize various performances in protest of the government policies. Just the day before, the opposition appeared in parliament
Readers may recall that the opposition parties are boycotting the work of parliament after the highest legislative body rejected amendments to the electoral code which would begin to transition the government to a proportional election system.
Khoshtaria says the opposition will organize various performances in protest of the government policies. Just the day before, the opposition appeared in parliament wearing masks bearing Ivanishvili’s face, trying to disrupt the process of Irakli Shotadze being approved for the post of prosecutor general of Georgia.
