Ajara. Civil society organizations respond to the fact of termination of authority of an “Adjara Cultural Heritage Protection Agency” member. They consider that the order contains signs of alleged discrimination and aims to intimidate other members of the Agency so as to make them refrain from expressing critical views in the future.
“According to the order of Director of the Agency, the status of Shota Gujabidze was terminated due to his different, critical views in regard to the policy of the Agency, which fact Director of the Agency assumed as “deliberate discrediting” of the Agency”, - is noted in the statement, - “it turned out on January 28 that Zaur Akhvlediani, Director of the Agency, the terminated authority of Shota Gujabidze as a member of the Agency due to his critical views without even listening to his justifications, which fact contains signs of alleged discrimination. It serves to punish Shota Gujabidze for being critical regarding unlawful decisions made by the Agency”. Interests of Shota Gujabidze are defended by GYLA.
Source: gyla.ge
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