“OSCE Moscow Mechanism on Georgia was initiated by Poland, but the country did not participate in the subsequent vote to nominate its candidate as an expert to prepare the report,” the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, stated during the political debates on the Imedi TV channel.

According to him, the expert who prepared the report has direct connections with the Polish government, including membership in the advisory council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland.

“This mechanism turned out to be a kind of blitz mechanism. It lasted only a few weeks. A person came for two days who had no professional connection with Georgia, and in a few days, we were told she had written a 100-page report covering issues, as she described, from torture to higher education reform,” Papuashvili said.

He added that the Georgian government submitted a 100-page response to the draft report, but the final version was presented shortly afterwards.

“The response was sent on Tuesday, and on Thursday, the report was already presented at the session. The expert did not even have a full day to read the 100-page response, reflect on it, and decide whether to make any corrections,” he stated.

Papuashvili also claimed that the expert  has direct links to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, including membership in its advisory structures, and noted that she had been nominated by Poland to the United Nations Committee Against Torture.

“In other words, she is a person completely connected to the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the government. At the same time, we know that this mechanism was initiated by Poland, but it did not participate in the vote to have its candidate nominated as an expert to prepare this conclusion,” Papuashvili said.

Papuashvili also referred to the policy of the Polish government toward Georgia and statements by Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski regarding former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, adding that these circumstances raise additional suspicions about the process, regardless of the report’s content.