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"Mr President, I must say I am quite surprised to see Georgia being discussed today. Sure, as has been pointed out, there are visits by eminent public figures. Sure, there are elections to be held in October. However, this is not the only country where there are important visits and elections.
We all know why we are talking about Georgia today. We are talking about Georgia today because a certain oligarch has decided to take part in the elections – which is his right - and because he has flooded the coffers of lobbyists in Washington and Brussels with dollars and euros, which has obviously paid off as we have placed Georgia on our agenda, not to talk about the Russian occupation, or about Russia’s violation of cease-fire agreements or about Russian military manoeuvres during October, in the midst of elections, but about the electoral process in Georgia.
You have pointed out a number of resolutions in which we voted for an independent civil society, for a strong and credible opposition. An oligarch’s millions of dollars do not make a strong and credible opposition, nor do they create an independent civil society.
Of course, we should not be giving a blank cheque to Mr Saakashvili. Yet I think that giving a blank cheque to this oligarch who has gone into politics is much more dangerous."@en1
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