Tbilisi. The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association echoes the information disseminated on December 19 and addresses the law-enforcement agencies to immediately launch investigation in connection with the circumstances described in the report of the judge’s assistant.According to the information disseminated on December 19, the representative of special service was exerting pressure on the judge’s assistant for obtaining various types of information from the court and making her to agree to cooperate with the special services.The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association believes that "in this case, the elements of crime foreseen under the Criminal Code may have taken place, and urges the law-enforcement agencies to immediately launch investigation in connection with the circumstances described in the report of the judge’s assistant.GYLA notes as well that the independence of courts is safeguarded by the supreme law of Georgia – the Constitution, and exercising any type of influence through such methods on the independence of justice is unacceptable.”

Source: gyla.ge