At a session on January 24 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approved a resolution regarding the honoring of obligations undertaken by Georgia, which says that although long-term reforms have been set ?on the right track,? most reforms are still at their very early stages and ?major challenges still lie ahead.?
The resolution notes that ?the post-revolutionary euphoria has given way to more pragmatism? in Georgia.
?Georgia’s progress over the last year can be regarded generally as encouraging, but it still only is a first step towards meeting its obligations and commitments,” the resolution reads.
The document also reiterates some of the PACE?s previous calls, including revision of Constitutional changes adopted in February 2004, which, according to Council of Europe?s (CoE) Venice Commission conclusion, grant excessive powers to the President; revision of the autonomous model for Adjara; lowering of the 7% electoral threshold to 5%; and speeding up of the adoption of relevant legislation in order to create conditions for the repatriation of the Meskhetian population by 2011.
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