Utilisateur:AlexandreAssatiani/Brouillon/Khatia Dekanoidze
Khatia Dekanodïzé | |
Fonctions | |
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Présidente de la Faction MNU-OU FU du Parlement de Géorgie | |
En fonction depuis le (3 ans, 4 mois et 27 jours) |
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Législature | XIe convocation |
Membre du Parlement de Géorgie | |
En fonction depuis le (3 ans, 10 mois et 17 jours) |
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Élection | |
Législature | XIe convocation |
Coalition | Mouvement national uni - Opposition unie « La force est dans l'unité » |
Chef de la Police nationale d'Ukraine | |
– (1 an et 12 jours) |
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Président | Petro Porochenko |
Premier ministre | Arseni Iatseniouk Volodymyr Groysman |
Prédécesseur | création |
Successeur | Serhiy Kniazev |
Ministre de l'Éducation et de la Science de Géorgie | |
– (3 mois et 21 jours) |
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Président | Mikheïl Saakachvili |
Premier ministre | Vano Merabichvili |
Prédécesseur | Dimitri Chachkine |
Successeur | Giorgi Margvelachvili |
Biographie | |
Date de naissance | |
Lieu de naissance | Tbilissi |
Nationalité | Géorgie Ukraine (2015-2017) |
Parti politique | Mouvement national uni |
Diplômé de | Université d'État de Tbilissi |
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Personal life
modifierKhatia Dekanoidze was born on January 20, 1977 in Tbilisi, at the time the capital of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Georgia. She studied international relations and diplomacy and received her Bachelor's Degree from Tbilisi State University in 1999. In parallel, she also received training from the Central European University in Vienna, as well as the US-based RAND Corporation.
During a speech at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, she would state:
« As a young girl, I used to be a part of different sports games and groups. I remember that embarrassing feeling after the staring looks of some older males. I was not feeling comfortable, and I am sure that this is a moment for lots of young girls, how while they are playing basketball, soccer, tennis or wrestling at the arena, it might be their passion but they must concentrate on their security rather than sport. »
- Born on 20 January 1977 (https://parliament.ge/parliament-members/7116/biography)
- Graduated in International Relations from TSU in 1999
- She has received further training under the aegis of the Central European University and the RAND Corporation in the 1990s and 2000s.
- She said, "as a young girl, I used to be a part of different sports games and groups. I remember that embarrassing feeling after the staring looks of some older males. I was not feeling comfortable, and I am sure that this is a moment for lots of young girls, how while they are playing basketball, soccer, tennis or wrestling at the arena, it might be their passion but they must concentrate on their security rather than sport." (https://pace.coe.int/en/verbatim/2022-10-13/pm/en#speech-21362)
Biography
modifierJoining the Saakashvili administration
modifier- 2004: Head of Administration of Ministry of Security of Georgia (https://parliament.ge/parliament-members/7116/biography)
- 2004-2005:Head of Administration of MIA
- 2005-2007: Sting at Georgian Embassy in Washington, DC
Police Academy Rector
modifier- May 2007-May 2012: Rector of the Police Academy (https://parliament.ge/parliament-members/7116/biography)
- In his annual speech, PM Gharibashvili in 2022 accused Dekanoidze of taking a large role in political torture of prisoners during her term as rector of the academy, although this was never proven and she was never named in any investigation dating back to those days (https://agenda.ge/en/news/2022/2393)
Minister of Education
modifier- 2012: Minister of Education and Science (https://parliament.ge/parliament-members/7116/biography)
- She served as Director of the National Examination Center from May to July 2012
- She was appointed as Head of the NEC on 30 May 2012 to replace Maia Miminoshvili who was controversially dismissed by the Shashkin ministry for her support of Bidzina Ivanishvili (https://civil.ge/archives/121971)
- Upon her appointment, she had the tall task of securing the holding of the upcoming national exams for university admissions that were set within weeks
- Dekanoidze's appointment showed the importance of education reforms for the Saakashvili government, as she had previously led reforms of the Police Academy.
- On June 28, 17 examoination centers were opened for 47,500 students, 40,000 teachers taking Certification Exams (https://georgianjournal.ge/news/9989-unified-entry-exams-start-today.html)
- Her appointment came as the government was seeking to reduce the difficulty of the entrance exams in 2012, something that outgoing director Maia Mimonoshvili criticized because it would reduce the quality of students (https://iwpr.net/global-voices/georgia-outgoing-school-examiner-decries-reforms)
- She was also meant to reform so to bring into place a new school certification exams that would replace the Unified National Examinations from 2013, with a 8+1 featureing eight graduation exams plus a general knowledge paper. This would be to graduate, not just university exam.
- 70 staff members of the NEC resigned in support of Miminoshvili
Chief of Ukrainian Police
modifier- 2012-2013: Center for Policy Analysis (https://parliament.ge/parliament-members/7116/biography)
- 2013-2014: Dean of Caucasus University
- 2014-2015: ICITAP, BOJ Advisor
- 2015-2016: Chief of National Police of Ukraine
- She resigned on 14 November 2016, but was formally dismissed by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 16 November.
- She complained her powers were not sufficient to make dramatic changes and that pressure from government officials and MPs was too great.
- In the 2014 local elections, she was UNM's nominee for Mayor of Kvareli (https://civil.ge/archives/123781)
- She obtained 24.15% of the vote and moved to a runoff against GD's Ilia Mzekalashvili (https://civil.ge/archives/123845)
- She only won 20.05% of the vote in the runoff (https://civil.ge/archives/123874)
- When journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed in July 2016, she got the FBI involved (https://jam-news.net/journalist-pavel-sheremet-murdered-in-kyiv/)
- She received the Ukrainian citizenship in 2015 at the request of MIA Arsen Avakov (https://jam-news.net/ukrainian-citizenship-for-reforms-what-are-expat-officials-engaged-in-now/)
- She first served as his adviser before becoming the chief of police
- Under her term, she replaced the top brass by 80%
- She returned to Georgia and had her citizenship renewed in May 2017
- As head of the police, she took in just as the MIA was unveiling its new patrol police, with the first launch in 29 cities before June 2016 (https://www.unian.info/politics/1211724-week-in-numbers.html)
- She appointed him Horlivka hero Andriy Kryshchenko as Head of the National Polce in Kyiv (https://www.unian.info/society/1212994-andriy-kryshchenko-appointed-chief-of-kyiv-police.html)
- By February 2016, she had replaced 80% of senior management of Kyiv police and 40-60% in the regions (https://www.unian.info/society/1265538-majority-of-senior-police-officers-in-kyiv-fail-re-certification.html)
- This was after she required recertification and they failed it (https://www.unian.info/politics/1272400-week-in-numbers.html)
- On 14 March 2016, she dismissed the head of police of Vinnytsia for suspected separatism sympathies (https://www.unian.info/society/1289903-vinnytsia-regional-police-head-suspected-of-separatism-suspended-from-duty.html)
- She took over at a time when crime was sharply rising in Ukraine (https://www.unian.info/kyiv/1318024-number-of-crimes-in-kyiv-rose-by-45-national-police.html)
- Giorgi Lortkipanidze was the head of the Odesa police (https://www.unian.info/society/1336380-situation-in-odesa-under-full-control-of-police-dekanoidze.html)
- She launched the mobile police car program in Kyiv (https://www.unian.info/kyiv/1366408-mobile-police-office-will-shuttle-in-kyiv-photo-video.html)
- She led the police operatio to protect the Kyiv Pride herself in June 2016, arresting 50 radicals and deploying 7,000 police officers (https://www.unian.info/society/1373051-national-police-report-50-people-detained-during-lgbti-kyiv-pride-on-sunday.html)
- A great majority of the police was without full gear when she was appointed (https://www.unian.info/society/1378860-ukrainian-national-police-chief-only-32-of-police-in-gear.html)
- Under her, public polls showed radical improvements in public trust towards the police, although she recognized not enough was being done to fight against police corruption (https://www.unian.info/society/1381659-dekanoidze-explains-why-police-corruption-still-alive.html)
- She also launched the first pilot program sending individuals traffic violations (instead of just police stops) (https://www.unian.info/kyiv/1399735-ukraines-interior-ministry-mulling-to-install-over-3000-speed-cameras-on-roads.html)
- In July 2016, she said she had launched two wars: against criminals and corrupt officials (https://www.unian.info/society/1400694-ukraines-national-police-chief-stages-two-wars-against-criminals-and-corrupt-officials.html)
- Pavlo Sheremet was a close friend of hers. She helped set up a special inter-agency group between the National Police, the SBU and FBI experts (https://www.unian.info/society/1428267-sheremets-murder-versions-eyewitness-accounts-public-reactions.html)
- On 27 July 2016, a controversial, Russia-tied religious procession in Kyiv was also protected by the National Police, with Dekanoidze deploying metal detectors to protect the parade (https://www.unian.info/kyiv/1440158-controversial-religious-procession-reaches-kyiv-pechersk-lavra-no-incidents-reported.html)
- The National Police Day was established under her watch (https://www.unian.info/kyiv/1453586-how-kyiv-celebrates-its-first-national-police-day-photos.html)
- She launched the River Police Patrol in the Kyiv region (https://www.unian.info/kyiv/1460111-river-police-patrol-launched-in-kyiv-region-photo-video.html)
- When police violence led to the murder of a man in Kryve Ozero, she personally spearheaded the investigation and disbanded the local police station entirely (https://www.unian.info/society/1486539-ukraines-police-chief-to-disband-kryve-ozero-station-after-police-kill-local.html)
- She told the Rada in September 2016 that "we starve on personnel" (https://www.unian.info/society/1533472-ukraines-national-police-chief-we-starve-on-personnel.html)
- In October 2016, she launched special enforced patrol units in Kyiv (https://www.unian.info/kyiv/1552701-ukraines-national-police-chief-announces-creation-of-special-enforced-patrol-units-in-kyiv.html)
- She continuously criticized the lack of funding for the police which led to the lack of uniforms and equipment (https://www.unian.info/politics/1601672-ukraine-sets-out-strategy-to-investigate-cash-rich-officials-reuters.html)
- When she resigned, her deputy Vadym Troyan was appointed Acting Chief (https://www.unian.info/politics/1622416-ukraines-national-police-chief-dekanoidze-resigns-media.html)
- This was days after Saakashvili resigned from Odesa
- She was largely seen as Saakashvili's protege (https://www.unian.info/politics/1635691-weeks-milestones-nobodys-protests-and-rise-of-populist-rhetoric.html)
- She had to face a huge opposition from Tereschuk, who planned protests by police officers against her (https://www.unian.info/kyiv/10320471-poroshenko-taps-ex-chief-of-kyiv-police-to-appoint-as-governor-in-kyiv-region.html)
- As part of those reforms, Dekanoidze imposed a vetting process for the police that saw more than 5,600 corrupt and unprofessional officers, or about 6 percent of the police force, fired. (https://www.rferl.org/a/calls-for-dismissal-of-ukraine-s-powerful-interior-minister-grow-louder-after-alleged-police-rape-gangland-shooting/30651041.html)
- She maintains those reforms ended with her departure
In Georgia's opposition
modifier2020 Parliamentary elections
modifier- 2017-2019: Marshall Security Center
- 2017-2018: OSCE Expert on Police reform
- 2018-2019: US INL expert
- Elected through proportional system
- She was nominated to run for Isani majoritarian on 26 August, which caused a serious rift in the opposition ranks as Giorgi Vashadze of New Georgia had been named as the joint opposition's nominee two months before (https://civil.ge/archives/364090)
- This came as 30 opposition parties, including UNM, signed an agreement on fielding joint candidates for the parliamentary polls. She was accused by Vashadze of breaking her word and violating the agreement.
- Dekanoidze responded by stating she did not see herself as a challenger to Vashadze but of Ivanishvili
- In the proportional list of the five-party bloc, she was Number 4 (https://civil.ge/archives/372434)
- She has been one of the largest donors of UNM (https://civil.ge/archives/372978)
- She ran against several big names, including incumbent CDM MP Davit Chichinadze (https://civil.ge/archives/377815)
- She went to the runoff against GD's Kakha Kakhishvili after receiving 27.23% of the vote (https://civil.ge/archives/379735)
- Boycotting the runoff, she only won 7.26% (https://civil.ge/archives/383997)
- During the election, she accused the SSG of trying to bug her campaign office (https://agenda.ge/en/news/2020/3229)
- Accusing the authorities of engaging in voter fraud, she refused to recognize the results and boycotted the runoff (https://agenda.ge/en/news/2020/3439)
- In March 2017, her son was arrested for drug use, which she said was a political arrest (https://oc-media.org/tv-host-and-actor-jailed-for-possessing-recreational-drug/)
- On voting day, she claimed that ballots disappeared from the 81st precinct in Isani (https://jam-news.net/georgia-elections-opposition-rallies-district-commissions-fraud-khatia-dekanoidze-mdinaradze-kobakhidze/)
- With Saakashvili as PM, she was set to become his appointee for MIA (https://www.unian.info/politics/1552487-weekmilestones-alarming-donbas-judicial-vicissitudes-and-restless-saakashvili.html)
- Like other party leaders, she backed Mikheil Saakashvili's prime ministerial candidacy (https://iwpr.net/global-voices/georgian-election-stories-khatia-dekanoidze)
Boycott and 19 April Agreement
modifier- Chairwoman of the UNM faction since 31 May 2021
- She rejoined Parliament on 28 May
- Former President Mikheil Saakashvili alleged that he was meeting with her at the Gldani Prison when other inmates started shouting their names, a potential form of psychological abuse (https://civil.ge/archives/458322)
- When UNM Chairman Grigol Vashadze stated on 10 November 2020 that the processes should be moved to the negotiating table, she criticized the statement and called it unilateral (https://civil.ge/archives/381840)
- This forced Vashadze to clarify his statement and state that he supported the protests (https://civil.ge/archives/363949)
- She was clearly in open rebellion against Vashadze, further criticizing him when he resigned on 15 December, hinting she accused him of weakness (https://civil.ge/archives/387361)
- She also strongly criticized the GD-proposed bill that would strip boycotting parties from public funding (https://civil.ge/archives/387662)
- Following Melia's arrest, she led UNM's protest planning strategy and publicly made a speech on Rustaveli Avenue announcing the plan for the next two weeks (https://civil.ge/archives/401624)
- She opposed any bail or amnesty for Melia (https://civil.ge/archives/415342)
- She was not necessarily in favor of the 19 April agreement, but she was one of those who favored ending the boycott due to international prestige (https://civil.ge/archives/419310)
- After several attempts of negotiation with Danielsson failed, she expressed hope for US involvement instead of EU (https://agenda.ge/en/news/2021/856)
UNM Faction Chair
modifier- Member of the Georgian parliamentary delegation to PACE since 7 September 2021
- Member of the Parliamentary Delegation to the Georgia-Moldova-Ukraine parliamentary assembly since 7 September 2021
- Since the same day, member of the Friendship Group with Austria, Azerbaijan, US, Estonia, Iran, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Belgium, Belarus, Ireland, Japan, Israel, Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Greece, UK, Canada, Spain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, France, Serbia, Soutb Korea, Singapore, Latvia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Hungary, Finland, Kazakhstan, Sweden, Switzerland, Lithuania, Moldova, Czech Republic, China
- In total, she's only voted 52 times, less than 3% of the total bills proposed in Parliament since her term began
- She voted against the Deolligarchization Bill
- Once becoming chair, her two vice-chairs were Levan Bezhashvili and Giorgi Botkoveli (https://civil.ge/archives/425745)
- When GD took steps that were seen against the 19 April Agreement (appointing new supreme court justices), Khatia Dekanoidze announced the faction would no longer participate in parliamentary votes except on motions of no confidence and constitutional amendments (https://civil.ge/archives/431779)
- She publicly accused far-right groups of working in tandem with the government on the 5 July protests (https://civil.ge/archives/432714)
- She was the UNM's nominee for Kutaisi Mayor in the 2021 local elections (https://civil.ge/archives/436748)
- She was endorsed by European Georgia and GFM (https://civil.ge/archives/441550)
- The race went to a runoff against GD's Iosebi Khakhelaleishvili (https://civil.ge/archives/448265)
- She presented a shadow local cabinet for Kutaisi, including Ana Natsvlishvili (Lelo), Imeda Kldiashvili (GFM), Revaz Chomakhidze (independent and sportsman), and Temur Tsamtsishvili (ex-Girchi) as deputy mayors. She pledged to let CSOs pick the head of the city's audit service (https://civil.ge/archives/451153)
- During the runoff, she was also endorsed by Nino Burjanadze, Badri Japaridze and Zurab Japaridze (https://civil.ge/archives/451153)
- She lost with 48.36% of the vote (https://civil.ge/archives/451913)
- In a following scandal, a member of an oversight precinct election commission in Kutaisi later alleged that GD representatives pressured her to allow unregistered citizens to vote in polls not meant for them. Dekanoidze alleged pressure by the SSG on that member of the PEC and her family, while Deputy Mayor nominee Imeda Kldiashvili was arrested for parking his car in front of the SSG building in Kutaisi in protest (https://civil.ge/archives/452336)
- With the vote difference lower than the total amount of cancelled ballots, she called for a recount of the cancelled votes (https://civil.ge/archives/452335)
- She was a supporter of former President Saakashvili's return to Georgia before he actually returned (https://civil.ge/archives/443272)
- She has accused the government of inhuman treatment and torture and has maintained that the case against MS is political (https://civil.ge/archives/458849)
- On 31 January 2022, she announced she would work with the rest of the opposition to launch a special investigative commission to investigate alleged inhuman treatment of MS (https://civil.ge/archives/469734)
- She also announced UNM's return to full parliamentary work with this
- She lobbied hard for a 13 October 2022 resolution in PACE that designated Russia a terrorist state with amendments that called for the release of Saakashvili as a political prisoner of Russia. (https://civil.ge/archives/512380)
- She opposed the President's nominee for CEC chair, Giorgi Kalandarishvili, and argued his appointment was a violation of the 19 April agreement (https://agenda.ge/en/news/2021/2059)
- On voting day in Kutaisi, she accused the authorities of fraud when the lights went out at a vote counting facility for some time (https://agenda.ge/en/news/2021/2943)
- Calling for MS's transfer to a private clinic before he was moved to Gldani, she met with Kakha Kuchava and promised UNM would not engage in street protests if he was moved (https://agenda.ge/en/news/2021/3535)
- On 21 December 2021, she met with President Zourabichvili as part of the NAP, during which she called for the release of Saakashvili (https://agenda.ge/en/news/2021/4010)
- On 31 January 2022, she announced the parliamentary boycott would end after a vote took place within UNM's leadership. She had spearheaded the Enter campaign (https://agenda.ge/en/news/2022/219)
- She cited one of her priorities the setting-up of a special commission to investigate MS's treatment
- She endorsed Badri Japaridze for his election as Rustavi MP in the special election in 2022 (https://agenda.ge/en/news/2022/346)
- She also refused to agree to MS distancing himself from politics in exchange of his liberty (https://agenda.ge/en/news/2022/3034)
- She has opposed the deoligarchization bill, arguing that it should be tailored to Bidzina Ivanishvili (https://agenda.ge/en/news/2022/3871)
- During the mayoral elections, she accused Deputy Minister Koba Gabunia of Infrastructure of distributing money outside of voting stations in Kutaisi (https://oc-media.org/live-updates-georgians-go-to-the-polls/)
- She argued that the termination of the mandates of Khoshtaria, Japaridze and Natelashvili in February 2022 for their missed attendance was meant to end her plan to establish a special commission, which needed 50 votes (https://oc-media.org/georgian-lawmakers-expel-three-opposition-leaders-from-parliament/)
- During his annual speech to parliament, the PM called her "sick in need of medicine" (https://oc-media.org/gharibashvili-defiant-following-massive-pro-eu-demonstration/)
- Following the 5 July protests, she was one of 7 Georgian female MPs that took over the speaker's seat and called on the government to resign immediately (https://jam-news.net/opposition-journalists-disrupt-extraordinary-session-of-georgian-parliament/)
- She also accused the authorities of using administrative resources and requiring public employees of taking part in campaigning (https://jam-news.net/column-of-cars-is-underway-to-tbilisi-to-join-rally-in-support-of-imprisoned-ex-president-saakashvili/)
- Khatia Dekanoidze, Liza Yasko, Aleksey Goncharenko and Emmanuil Zingeris were co-sponsors of the PACE resolution amendments on Saakashvili (https://jam-news.net/because-saakashvili-is-called-a-political-prisoner-georgian-ruling-party-against-pace-resolution/)
- After Gakharia's resignation, she agreed to a pause in street protests to start negotiations under the helm of Charles Michel (https://georgiatoday.ge/opposition-ready-to-postpone-rally-scheduled-for-february-25/)
- During the Kutaisi election, she alleged that the voting precinct final report was filled before the polls had been closed at the 124th precinct (https://georgiatoday.ge/kutaisi-mayoral-candidate-says-systemic-and-serious-violations-in-kutaisi-polling-stations/)
- As member of PACE, she caucuses with the EPP (https://pace.coe.int/en/members/8464/dekanoidze)
- She was one of the signatories of the PACE declaration in support of Iranian protests (https://pace.coe.int/en/files/31370)
- She maintains she was not aware MS would come to Georgia (https://neweasterneurope.eu/2021/10/14/the-biggest-challenge-in-georgia-right-now-is-the-state-of-democracy/)
Political Positions
modifierAutocephaly of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
modifier- She has criticized the government's silence on the autocephaly proclamation by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, stating that that "this concerns our struggle for freedom against our common enemy". (https://civil.ge/archives/273060)
20 June 2019 Protests
modifier- She called Parliament's lifting of MP Nika Melia's imunity the "formalization of dictatorship" and Parliament's "loss of legitimacy" (https://civil.ge/archives/310798)
- She has been a staunch supporter of continuing protests against the government far beyond the 20 June events (https://civil.ge/archives/328221)
- Upon Melia's final arrest in 2021, she said the Gharibashvili government "decided to finally turn into a Bolshevik regime" (https://civil.ge/archives/400409)
- Upon Gakharia's resignation: In case Gakharia remains in politics and decides to establish some political force, we all remember that he is the main author of June 20 [protest dispersal], the main author of the mutilation of people, during and after which no law enforcement agencies were punished. We must also not forget that he is quite well-connected, including with Russia. However, at the same time, if he establishes some sort of political movement, this will, first of all, hurt the Georgian Dream. This is the usual process of collapse [of the GD] (https://civil.ge/archives/407641)
- However, she then eventually recognized his being in the opposition and criticized attempts by GD to accuse him of certain crimes (https://agenda.ge/en/news/2021/1523)
Law Enforcement
modifier- During the 2020 parliamentary elections, she called on the abolition of "repressive systems" like the State Security Servive and the Prosecutor's Office (https://civil.ge/archives/367955)
- She instead called for local elections of sheriffs
- When clashes erupted in Dmanisi between local Georgian and Azeri communities and when the government secured a mediation to end the conflict, she criticized that the government acted like a mafia in dealing with the issue and did not use its own legal authority (https://civil.ge/archives/420347)
- A massive leak of security service documents of September 2021 revealed that one of her phone conversations with a foreign diplomat had been wiretapped (https://civil.ge/archives/440783)
- Another leak in September 2022 revealed that she was under close personal surveillance, both at work and in her personal life. The surveillance included both undercover tailing and electronic (https://civil.ge/archives/508617)
- She has been critical of police violence, notably calling for the arrest of those officers involved in the physical assault against a disabled minor (https://georgianjournal.ge/society/37729-two-police-officers-arrested-for-violence-against-disabled-minor.html)
COVID-19 regulations
modifier- She was a strong proponent of the government's January 2021 decision to extend restrictions till 1 March, including the ban on municipal transport, the nationwide curfew and the closure of winter resorts, even attending a public protest against them (https://civil.ge/archives/392916)
- She has criticized Gharibashvili for perceived anti-vax statements (https://civil.ge/archives/472585)
War in Ukraine
modifier- When the war began, she called on the Defense and Foreign Ministers to hold consultations with MPs on the matter (https://civil.ge/archives/468154)
- She refused to have her faction join in on a GD-drafted resolution supporting Ukraine that did not cite Russian aggression once (https://civil.ge/archives/468932)
- She visited Kyiv herself on 2 February with Lelo and Droa officials in a sign of solidarity (https://civil.ge/archives/470589)
- She was one of the co-sponsors of a proposal signed by the president to hold an emergency parliamentary session on 25 Feb that was vetoed by GD (https://civil.ge/archives/475091)
- She later claimed having secured an address by Zelenskyy to the Georgian Parliament, which was blocked by the Parliament (https://civil.ge/archives/480021)
- To those praising peace, she said "there is no peace in slavery" (https://civil.ge/archives/484911)
- She refused to have her faction represented at the parliamentary delegation to Ukraine in April 2022. While she welcomed the trip, she did not see it right to go there with a pro-Russian party. UNM was the only opposition party to not go (https://civil.ge/archives/485855)
- She has accused GD leader Bidzina Ivanishvili of close cooperation with Russian oligarchs (https://civil.ge/archives/488351)
- She's also criticized the PM for his statement on sanctions not being effective (https://civil.ge/archives/492810)
- MP Gia Tsagareishvili (GD) accused her of seeking to spread fake news about Georgia in Ukraine (https://agenda.ge/en/news/2022/1091)
- In September 2022, she helped Ukrainian authorities design a list of Georgians that should be sanctioned by Kyiv (https://agenda.ge/en/news/2022/3417)
- She launched an online petition meant to disagree with the PM's vow not to sanction Russia (https://oc-media.org/outpouring-of-anger-in-georgia-over-government-inaction-on-ukraine/)
- She has called for the criminalization of the Z symbol as hate speech following the Bucha massacres (https://jam-news.net/opposition-mp-georgian-parliament-should-discuss-criminalization-of-z-symbol/)
- She has called the war "a madman's desire to destroy an independent country" (https://pace.coe.int/en/verbatim/2022-03-15/pm/en#speech-16818)
- She has called on Europe and the West to increase sanctions and to block Russia from the entire international banking system (https://pace.coe.int/en/verbatim/2022-04-27/pm/en#speech-17620)
- She was one of the signatories of the PACE resolution that removed the credentials of the Russian delegaion (https://pace.coe.int/en/files/29833)
- Another one calling for a full and immediate ban of Russian oil and gas in COE countries (https://pace.coe.int/en/files/30033)
- She has praised Zourabichvili's stance on Ukraine (https://eurasianet.org/georgian-government-critics-find-unlikely-ally-in-the-president)
Economic policy
modifier- Following the death of one and eight injuries at a coal mine explosion in Tkibuli on 30 January 2022, she vowed to address labor safetu regulation, even though it was UNM that abolished the the Labor Inspecion Service in 2006 (https://civil.ge/archives/469983)
- She has criticized the government's litigation against Philip Morris as a turn-off for future foreign investors. (https://neweasterneurope.eu/2021/10/14/the-biggest-challenge-in-georgia-right-now-is-the-state-of-democracy/)
- She's also critivcized corruption and a lack of proper judicial independence as deterrants to foreign investments
Abkhazia and South Ossetia
modifier- She opposes any direct talks with the separatist regimes, arguing this is what Russia wants (https://oc-media.org/georgian-pm-under-fire-after-call-for-direct-dialogue-with-abkhazians-and-ossetians/)
- She was an opponent of a potential Lavrov visit to Georgia in the framework of the COE presidency (https://eurasianet.org/can-georgia-handle-sergey-lavrov)
Women's rights
modifier- She has addressed PACE to criticize gender discrimination in sports. Whole speech: (https://pace.coe.int/en/verbatim/2022-10-13/pm/en#speech-21362)