Georgia resigned about 700 civil servants for supporting the European pro-union protests that have occurred in the country since December, according to the section in the country of the anti-corruption organization international transparency.
Great protests broke out in Georgia in November, after the government, which critics claim to be moving in a pro-Russian and authoritarian direction, said it was freezing the EU adhesion negotiations by 2028.
The abrupt interruption of a long -term popular national goal caused a widespread anger in the nation of 3.7 million inhabitants.
Employees from various government agencies signed open letters denouncing the measure and senior diplomats of several foreign embassies resigned.
In early December, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze reported that the open letters represented a “self-cleaning” of what he claimed to be unfair elements in the public service.
The protests, which are still in progress, have provoked a violent repression by the Georgian authorities, condemned by Western countries.
Since the beginning of the demonstrations, the Goorgian Dream Government Party has changed the laws that govern the public service several times, weakening the legal protections of public sector workers.
International transparency stated that among the departments most affected by mass layoffs are the Ministry of Defense and the City Hall of Tbilisi, the country’s capital.
A government spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Traditionally among the successor states of the most pro-western Soviet Union, Georgia’s relations with the West have soured in recent years as Tbilisi has deepened ties with Moscow, especially since the Ukraine invasion of Russia in 2022.
Government party Georgian Dream-seen as controlled by former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili-was reelected in an October election that the opposition says has been fraudulent.
In recent years, the party has introduced a series of laws, including restrictions on LGBT rights and controversial statute that requires organizations that receive money from abroad to register as “foreign agents” or face severe penalties.
Georgian Dream states that they still want to join the European Union, but also advocate balanced relationships with Russia, ancient imperial power, and the maintenance of traditional values.
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