Tbilisi. In the framework of the parliamentary monitoring program, Transparency International Georgia presents the Assessment of Activities of the Parliament of Georgia of the Ninth Convocation’s First Year, which covers the time period from November 18, 2016 till December 31, 2017.

''The report assesses the legislation adopted by the Parliament. Laws that were assessed as positive are the following: Amendments Resulting from Ratification of Istanbul Convention, Changes in the Procedure of Submitting Asset Declarations, Amendments to Imprisonment Code, Abolition Of Simplified Electronic Tenders, Initiative On Banning Smoking Tobacco. Legislative amendments, which require improvement, are the Third Wave of Judicial Reform, Road Safety Reform, New Regulations Concerning Remuneration in Civil Service. The report also negatively assesses several legislative amendments, such as creation of operative-technical agency, moratorium on selling of land, abolition of self-government entities, new rule for staffing election commissions, changes to the rule of debating legislative proposal'', is noted in the statement.

Source: www.transparency.ge