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Non-governmental Organizations Accuse the Government of Changing the Law in Private

February 3, 2006

Non-governmental Organizations Accuse the Government of Changing the Law in Private
 


Tbilisi, 02.02.2006, “Media News”. The Georgian Association of Young Lawyers (GYLA) and “42 Article of the Constitution” are concerned about “private changing” of the law, approved by the Parliament. The law “about the disciplinary responsibility of judges and disciplinary proceedings” was discussed in Parliament on the 24th of November, 2005.

The Parliament approved the law after the third session of hearing. According to NGOs, the President has signed a new version of the legislation and someone then tried to make “private changes” in the law, which is considered as a criminal. “This is a violation of the law. We ask General Prosecutor and the Minister of Internal Affairs to investigate this case. We also demand that the Head of Parliament puts an end to such circumstances,-” said the head of GYLA, Anna Dolidze.

NGOs connect the changes to the law with the hearing of the cases of so called “chased judges”. “The law, approved by the Parliament, was making judicial conditions better. According to this legislation, the disciplinary council should have been cancelled and the hearings of the above mentioned case should have been conducted by the Disciplinary Chamber,”- said the head of “Article 42 of the Constitution”, Manana Kobakhidze.
Therefore, the NGOs believe that changing the legislation was pre-planned.

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