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The decision was made by the party’s presidium, which met Thursday night, the Social Democratic Party said.
According to the Social Democrats, the Conservative Ž. Pavilionis, “instead of following the state’s foreign policy, behaved unprofessionally, damaged relations between Lithuania and Sakartvelas and caused damage to Lithuania’s reputation.”
“The Social Democrats remember that the foreign policy of the state should be solid and solidary, at that time Ž. The pavilion, which went to Sakartvela, expressed personal positions when it decided to support one of the several opposing sides, ”the party said in a statement.
Ž. Pavilionis says he understands the desire of the Social Democrats to defend their related ruling party, Sakartwell, but notes that representatives of other Western countries also commented to Tbilisi about the situation in the country.
“The democratic principles that are sacred and common cannot be broken. I do not think it is acceptable for Western socialists to sue opposition parties, manipulate election results, and all the most powerful Western capitals, as well as all our neighbors in the region. , they’re talking about it, ”said BNS. Pavilion.
The head of the Seimas URK said a joint statement by the foreign affairs committees of the Senate of the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Poland and the three Baltic parliaments on the situation in Sakartvele was planned to be released on Friday.
“If those values are not wanted by our Socialists or Social Democrats and they agree that any other party can be imprisoned, I really don’t understand what values guide them. And if they care about democracy, the question of why they don’t march through his European family, the European Socialists, to raise the question of these values in Tbilisi “, Ž. Pavilion.
The head of Seimas URK had gone to Sakartvel last week, and the indignation of the local authorities was caused by his speeches at a press conference with political opposition forces.
Sakartwell-appointed Prime Minister Iraklis Garibashvili after this press conference Ž. He called Pavilionis’s statements “unacceptable and offensive.”
The civil.ge news portal quoted I. Garibashvili as saying that Sacartwell is “a hospitable country, but the offensive rhetoric from our guests is absolutely unacceptable.” According to the portal, at a press conference Ž. The pavilion said that the arrest of opposition leader Nikanor Melia would receive an international response and possible sanctions.
Previously, Ž. Commenting on his visit to Sakartvele, Pavilionis BNS rejected the allegations, saying that his attempt to bring the conflicting parties to the negotiating table should not harm either party.
Ž. The flag said it would raise and raise the issue of the political crisis in Sakartvele internationally, as Sakartvele “is not the subject of much debate in Brussels and Washington right now, but we must make it happen.”
“I do not understand why the honorable Prime Minister should be offended by the words of the dialogue, that political opponents should not be imprisoned, that there should be no political influence on the rule of law, these are acceptable rules of the EU political family and NATO. ” “If the potatoes want to go to Europe, I really believe that my words should not hurt anyone, and I hope that we agree with the authorities on that,” the conservative told BNS.
Sakartvele has recently deepened the political crisis that followed last year’s parliamentary elections, when former Prime Minister Georgi Gachary resigned over government plans to arrest opposition leader Melia.
The attempt to arrest Melia, the president of the United National Movement founded by former President Mikheil Saakashvili, sparked outrage from the opposition.
Some of Sakartwell’s allies in the West also issued alerts to Tbilisi.
The opposition believes that the parliamentary elections on October 31, won by a small margin by the ruler Sakartwell Dream, are rigged.
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