Tbilisi.The Parliament of Georgia has once again debated the draft law concerning the rejection of jury trials. The NGO sector representatives had comments in respect of the draft law, which they have numerously emphasized. On May 1 the Parliament of Georgia has once again returned to debating the draft law. The statement of NGOs says that the "legislative body has supported neither the President’s comments nor the initiated draft law, as a result of which the norm in the Criminal Procedure Code remains valid... Preservation of the current norm by the Parliament of Georgia must be clearly hailed.”

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