Amendment No. 27 | Doc. 13588 | 30 September 2014

The functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia

Signatories: Mr Pieter OMTZIGT, Netherlands, EPP/CD ; Mr Pedro AGRAMUNT, Spain, EPP/CD ; Mr Volodymyr ARIEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Tinatin BOKUCHAVA, Georgia, EPP/CD ; Mr Henryk CIOCH, Poland, EDG ; Mr Bernd FABRITIUS, Germany, EPP/CD ; Ms Doris FIALA, Switzerland, ALDE ; Mr Axel E. FISCHER, Germany, EPP/CD ; Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Mr Margus HANSON, Estonia, ALDE ; Mr Antti KAIKKONEN, Finland, ALDE ; Mr Mariusz KAMIŃSKI, Poland, EDG ; Mr Giorgi KANDELAKI, Georgia, EPP/CD ; Mr Arkadiusz MULARCZYK, Poland, EDG ; Ms Liliana PALIHOVICI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Ms Marietta de POURBAIX-LUNDIN, Sweden, EPP/CD ; Mr Kimmo SASI, Finland, EPP/CD ; Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD

Origin - 2014 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 5.4, insert the following paragraph:

"expresses concern over the widespread application of asset freezing to family members of opposition figures and former government officials in criminal cases not involving allegations concerning ilicit assets;"

Explanatory note

The amendments refers to the abuse by the prosecution service of the asset freezing procedure against opposition leaders' family members for criminal cases not involving allegations concerning assets acquired before these former officials assumed office.