We, the signatory organizations respond to the significant deterioration of the health of the third president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, and we believe that the issue of his further treatment should be decided not by political expediency, but only based on the standards of protection of human life and health.

The Coalition for Independent and Transparent Judiciary reacts to the re-election of Levan Murusidze and Dimitri Gvritishvili as members of the High Council of Justice by the Conference of Judges. 

We, the signatory organizations, reiterate the information disseminated in the media and social networks, showing the allegedly discriminatory experience of special and stricter checks of North Caucasians on the Larsi border checkpoint by Georgian law enforcement agencies, and call on the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

Twenty-nine years after the end of the war in Abkhazia, the date of September 27 again reminds us of the tragedies experienced by the Georgian and Abkhaz peoples and the harsh reality of the ongoing conflict.

Recently, the public's attention has been drawn to the statements of former judges, who speak publicly about the facts of pressure on judges and improper interference in the justice system. 

According to the journalistic investigation, the assets declared by the judges who have been holding the highest administrative positions in the judicial system for years, significantly exceed their income.

On behalf of the civil society of Georgia, we would like to thank you for many years of successful work in Georgia and for the support that our homeland and civil society have always felt from the European Union – and you personally.

The tenth priority, mentioned in the European Commission’s recommendations, requires the effective participation of civil society in the decision-making process at all levels.