Businessman Levan Vasadze calls on Bidzina Ivanishvili to control media

Businessman Levan Vasadze calls on Bidzina Ivanishvili, Chairman of the ruling “Georgian Dream” party, and the government of Georgia to develop regulations for media.

Levan Vasadze has released a video address, calling for urgent development of the mechanisms for media regulations to punish media outlets and journalist for defamation and insult.

"I would like to address Bidzina Ivanishvili and our government. It is necessary to urgently set up a [media] regulator that will severely punish media outlets and journalist for defamation and insult, including for insulting religious and traditional feelings. We can not develop any economy and stability under such weak, abandoned media policy,” Levan Vasadze said.

According to him, the strictest media regulator should be composed of principal, national, and impartial people who will not take bribes and control the work of the Georgian TVs.