GYLA negatively appraises an initiative regarding abolition of election registration of parties
Tbilisi. The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) has submitted its conclusion on changes in the Election Code to the Parliament.
“The initiative envisages abolition of the election registration of the subject, a political leader participating in the pre-election campaign of which is a person who does not meet any of the censorships stipulated by the Constitution. Norms restricting freedom of parties require more rigorous test of accuracy and predictability than the one applied in regard to other, non-political unions. It is essential to make sure that the measure of liability, selected for the breach, is restraining, proportionate and directly related to the breach. Abolition of the election registration of a party without any alternative is not such a measure.
GYLA calls on the Parliament to avoid appearance of those norms in the code, which impose blanket, disproportionate restrictions on political unions and contain threat of their unjustified and arbitrary disqualification, as well as to refrain from adoption of this bill”, - is stated on the website of the organization.
Source: gyla.ge
