Lelo member urges Speaker to stop shifting focus, clarify what he thinks of Stalin's role
Lelo member urges Speaker to stop shifting focus, clarify what he thinks of Stalin's role
17:08, 16.01.2024

Ana Natsvlishvili, a member of the opposition Lelo party, urged Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili to tell the Georgian society what he thinks about Joseph Stalin and his role in the history of Georgia and the Georgian Orthodox Church.

The Lelo member also advised the Speaker to stop attempting to shift the focus.

“He is wrong if he equates the fight against Stalin to the fight against the church. This issue will not close as the Georgian Dream thinks. I urge Shalva Papuashvili to say what he thinks of Stalin’s role in Georgian statehood and the Georgian Orthodox Church, and to say it openly, what was Stalin’s factor, positive or negative,” she said.

Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili wrote on Facebook that “radicals’ attack against the Church from the supposed ‘European’, ‘liberal’, or ‘Western’ pedestal not so much damages the church but tarnishes the very idea of liberalism and the West among the public.”



By - Elene Dobordjginidze

Politics
Ana Natsvlishvili
Сталин
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