European Union has postponed the review to prevent Georgia from being denied candidate status once again, this is a direct indication that the country will not receive the status under Ivanishvili's oligarchic government, Lelo said in a statement.

Le­lo believes that it is necessary to concentrate on the proper and timely implementation of the 12 points, and for this purpose, the party supports the holding of an extraordinary session of the Parliament.

"Today, it was confirmed once again that the Georgian Dream government lost Georgia's historic opportunity to obtain EU candidate status, which led to the postponement of the decision for an indefinite period. Instead of the Georgian authorities making every effort to use the unique historical moment to return to the Charles Michel agreement and implement all critical reforms on time, the authorities continued to deepen polarization, attack political opponents, and produce aggressive rhetoric towards Euro-Atlantic political structures.

As a result, Georgia's partners did not see in the ruling team either the desire or the ability to carry out the necessary reforms for EU membership candidacy.

This is what caused the issue of Georgia's candidacy to be delayed and postponed for an indefinite period. Moreover, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament made it quite clear at today's hearing that under the conditions of the current government and the oligarchy, which, despite calls for years, refused to carry out critical reforms, Georgia would not be able to receive the candidate status in December.

Inasmuch as the pro-European choice of the absolute majority of the population of Georgia is important for our partners, the implementation of which is hindered by the incompetent, harmful course of the Georgia­n Dream anti-European government, the European Union has postponed the review of the issue to prevent Georgia from being denied candidate status once again. This is another completely direct indication that Georgia will not be able to receive EU candidate status under Ivanishvili's oligarchic government.

In this situation, Le­lo believes that we should concentrate on the proper and timely implementation of the 12 points provided by the European Union.

It is for this purpose that Le­lo for­ Georgia supports the extraordinary session of the Parliament for the immediate implementation of 12 points of the European Commission," Le­lo said in a statement.

source: IPN