Ucha Nanuashvili: It is a pity that the majority of judges did not see the risks and dangers created by the adoption of the Russian law - the court, except for two people, lost the degree of independence it had before

It is a pity that the majority of the members of the court did not see the serious risks and dangers that the adoption of the Russian law created in the country. The court, except for two people, has lost the degree of independence it had before in the society, Ucha Nanuashvili, the head of the "Democracy Research Center", told journalists, evaluating the decision of the Constitutional Court on the "Transparency of Foreign Influence" law.

As he noted, the court had enough time and resources to make a different decision.

"Thank you to the two judges who made the decision that should have been made by an independent judge. In other cases, it is a pity that the majority of the members of the court did not see the serious risks and dangers that the adoption of the Russian law created in the country. The court, except for two people, lost the degree of independence it had before in the society. It's unfortunate that this happened. They had enough time and resources to make another decision. The court should have seen the contradiction with the constitution, which exists in the adopted law", Nanuashvili said.

For information, the Constitutional Court of Georgia did not meet the request to suspend the law "On transparency of foreign influence". The court recognized the submitted lawsuits as partially admissible, which means that their substantive discussions will begin. In addition, two judges of the Constitutional Court of Georgia expressed different opinions regarding the law "On transparency of foreign influence". The Constitutional Court of Georgia also published a different opinion of the judges - Giorgi Kverenchkhiladze and Teimuraz Tughushi. As it turns out, two judges - Giorgi Kverenchkhiladze and Teimuraz Tugushi believe that the Constitutional Court of Georgia should have accepted the petition of the claimant and suspended the operation of the disputed norms of the law "On Transparency of Foreign Influence" before making a final decision on the case.

We are talking about the norms that consider: the obligation to register the names of organizations as "organizations carrying the interests of a foreign power" and the same status in the register, as well as the obligation to access information protected by organizations and to publish information containing personal data.

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