Statement of CSOs Part of the “This Affects You, They Are Still Listening!” Campaign
Tbilisi. CSOs part of the "This Affects You,
They Are Still Listening!" campaign welcome and thank the President of
Georgia for his decision. "While vetoing the amendment the President had
stated that "there is a consensus and firm position in our society about
this issue. We must advance to a modern democratic form of functioning of
special services". In the President's opinion, a total and unrestrained
surveillance practiced by the authorities for years must be rejected",
says the statement released as part of the campaign.
CSOs
part of the campaign urge the Parliament of Georgia and the Chairman of the
Parliament to "... organize a meeting of the working group as soon as
possible. Further, it is necessary to start a dialogue in the nearest future
between different branches of power for the authorities to make a political
decision on access by law-enforcement agencies to the citizens' personal
information. Otherwise, we will once again face the reality in which drafting
of relevant legislative amendments within the deadline will prove to be
impossible".
Imereti. A workshop was held on July 5 in Kutaisi for young people living in the region. The event was organized by the Education Development and Employment Center.
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