Strong Georgia-Lelo’s Foreign Secretary, Grigol Gegelia, believes that the declaration by 51 members of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) carries substantial political weight.

As Gegelia noted at the briefing, the statement by the 51 PACE members highlights the dramatic deterioration of the situation in Georgia.

In Grigol Gegelia’s assessment, this should serve as an alarm bell for every freedom-loving, pro-European, democratic citizen, because, as he explained, Georgian Dream is failing to fulfil any of the key promises and obligations it has to enable the country to maintain its Euro-Atlantic course.

“I want to respond to the joint urgent declaration by 51 members of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, which for the first time in history calls upon not only the Parliamentary Assembly, but also the governing Committee of Ministers to review Georgia’s membership, because the deadline that the PACE gave to the Georgian Dream regime back in April 2025 to implement appropriate reforms and schedule new parliamentary elections has, as everyone knows, passed without Georgian Dream’s Russian regime purposefully doing anything to resolve the political crisis. The public needs to understand that these 51 individuals represent four distinct political families and come from 24 different member states. Accordingly, their statement carries very significant political weight.

Instead of Georgian Dream taking positive steps and telling the world that resolving the political crisis represents its goals and interests, as the letter states, the situation has deteriorated dramatically. There has been persecution and imprisonment of political leaders, attacks on civil society and attacks on the media, which naturally convinces the world that the Georgian Dream regime’s sole purpose and objective is the complete and final international isolation of our country, our expulsion from institutions where we have historically belonged, and preventing us from entering new appropriate Euro-Atlantic institutions.

As the letter very justly notes, these are no longer isolated incidents, but represent a targeted campaign to achieve our country’s international isolation. This should serve as an alarm bell for every freedom-loving, pro-European, democratic citizen, because we can very clearly see that GD is not fulfilling any of the key promises, and I would say obligations, that it has to enable our country to maintain its Euro-Atlantic course.

August is also ending and we see that the second very important deadline from the European Union side has not been met either, which once again proves that this government does not intend any European integration, institutional development, or resolution of the political crisis, but rather intends to turn our state into a pro-Russian grey swamp that will be corrupt, oligarchic, undemocratic, not based on rights, but a grey, Russian-style corrupt and hopeless swamp.

This is the future that GD’s regime seeks for you, but the vision we hold is focused on progress, centred on development, human dignity, democracy, the rule of law, your rights, your children’s rights, and a better future for all. This future entails not only remaining in the Council of Europe but also joining the European Union, becoming a NATO member, and attaining genuine peace and security.

Therefore, we continue the struggle using every instrument to reclaim our country from the harmful Russian puppets. I call upon every Georgian who believes that Bidzina Ivanishvili is the price that Georgia must pay once and for all, so that we can reclaim our state, its cities, its villages, and return this country to its own historical, European path,” Grigol Gegelia declared.

Fifty-one members of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly have issued a written declaration regarding Georgia. According to the declaration, if Georgia fails to make progress in reversing its authoritarian course, the members will consider challenging the credentials of the Georgian delegation.