18 April 2024,   04:35
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In a country with government, which thinks that the third sector should not criticize it should have different kind of governance regime and not democracy - Saladze on Tsulukiani"s criticism

Representatives of NGO sector are waiting for a continuation of the offensive series for government.

Sulkhan Saladze, the chairman of the Georgian Young Lawyers" Association, says that he was sure that the Justice Minister and other senior government officials would continue to criticize the third sector.

Saladze thinks that the ruling team and the Minister of Justice will not end the attacks on the NGO sector by criticizing them at the Copenhagen forum.

"They harm the state and not any civil society organization, because such statements indicate that yes, criticism by the civil society is important and necessary," said Saladze.

"They are trying to create an artificial enemy " - says Sopho Verdzeuli, another member of the civil society.

She says that the government tries to direct aggression in other direction.

Tea Tsulukiani a Minister of Justice of Georgia was irritated by e question of a Deputy executive director of Transparency International Georgia At the Copenhagen forum. Giorgi Oniani asked her about the elite corruption in Georgia.

The minister avoided answering this particular question and said that the Transparency International Georgia"s executive director was a high ranking official of the MIA during the previous government and maybe he even contributed to the raid of the November 7 rally.

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