Tbilisi. According to the TI Georgia the manner in which the Georgian government reaches decisions remains opaque.

“In 2022, the Government of Georgia considered 372 draft decrees at 47 meetings. None of these decrees have been made public.

40% of government decrees issued in 2022 – 150 out of 372 – dealt with the transfer of state property to concrete entities, which contains clear corruption risks.

The government's failure to release documents and respond to public information requests constitutes a violation of at least three laws”.

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Source: transparency.ge

The web portal CsoGeorgia.org releases a weekly newsletter of grants competition, contests, vacancies, fellowships, and tenders for civil society organizations, and for any interested person.

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The web portal CsoGeorgia.org releases a weekly newsletter of grants competition, contests, vacancies, fellowships, and tenders for civil society organizations, and for any interested person.

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Tbilisi. “Georgian Dream” decided to “recall” the draft law “On the transparency of foreign influence” that had already been passed in the first introduction, which caused mass protests.

Women’s Information Center would like to explain to the public

„that according to the regulations of the Parliament, a legislative initiative can be declared accepted or rejected by a motivated decision.

According to Article 158 of the Regulation, a legislative initiative will be considered rejected if the bill fails in the second reading. According to clauses 16 and 17 of the regulation, a draft law that fails to gather the necessary number of votes for its adoption in the second reading is considered a failure. In such a case, a resolution on the inadmissibility of the draft law is drawn up in the second reading.

In addition, if the draft law failed in the second reading at the plenary session, it will not be put to the vote within one month of the session period at the request of the initiator.

Also, a draft law that fails to collect the required number of votes 3 times as a result of voting in the second reading during one session will be considered rejected.

As for the second version of the draft law, all initiators must sign the project recall. Accordingly, the majority must throw out the law, and “people power” must reject it with their own signatures“.

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Source: The organization’s page on the social network

Tbilisi. European Union in Georgia welcomes the announcement by the ruling party to withdraw the draft legislation on “foreign influence”.

"We encourage all political leaders in Georgia to resume pro-European reforms, in an inclusive and constructive way and in line with the 12 priorities for Georgia to achieve candidate status".

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Source: EU’s page on the social network