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dcterms:Date	"2012-10-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Elections in Georgia (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20121026.3.5-040-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Ulrike Lunacek2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; FEMM (2012-10-25--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2012-02-13--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Die Grünen - Die Grüne Alternative (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; G/EFA (2009-07-14--2013-02-04)3 member; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	". – Madam President, I would like to thank the Commissioner for his clear words. I would also like to follow up on what my colleagues have already said and congratulate Georgian citizens on a really democratic election and a peaceful transition of power. This is the first time that a change of government has been carried out by vote in the Southern Caucasus since the end of the Soviet Union, so this was really a good step forward. Some things do still need to be improved in the electoral law, but I also hope that both sides, President Saakashvili and Prime Minister Ivanishvili, will work in a concerted effort seeking consensus and compromise in the time of cohabitation. I would like to remind them that cooperation and not confrontation is one of the principles of the European Union. There are, however, two issues which I would like to mention which I think it is important to tackle quickly and thoroughly in the short term. Firstly, Georgia needs a stringent and effective law on party financing and also a law on potential and actual conflicts of interest, to draw a clear line of separation between private and public interests for persons holding office. I think it is essential in a democracy that you know where parties get money from, and how campaigning is done. This needs to be transparent and a law on this matter needs to be enacted as soon as possible in the Parliament. A second thing: I would like to remind ourselves and everyone else who is listening about the shocking images of torture in Georgian prisons which we saw before the elections. It is necessary to hold a thorough investigation into that and to undertake an in-depth reform of the penitentiary system in Georgia so citizens in Georgia can enjoy life without violation of human rights."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Ulrike Lunacek,"1 "on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group"1
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