According to the Georgian Dream MP Davit Matikashvili, the article on freedom of opinion and call in the Law “On Freedom of Speech and Expression” remains unchanged.
As Matikashvili stated at the plenary session, during the second reading of the draft, “there were certain technical inaccuracies.”
“The said article does not concern regulations related to defamation. It is a note on freedom of expression and expression of opinion.
The proposed draft law removes the article on privileges, which implies privileges for defamation, however, we have not touched the fourth article of the law, which concerns freedom of opinion and expression. This article is unchanged and we have not removed the article from the law,” said Davit Matikashvili.
The above concerns an article of the Law “On Freedom of Speech and Expression”, according to which, opinion is protected by an absolute privilege and appeal is protected by a qualified privilege.
At today’s plenary session, a question regarding the mentioned article was raised by MP Viktor Japaridze.
“As a rule, the expression “presumably”, “I have reasonable suspicion”, etc. is used in connection with defamation. According to Article 4 of the Law, opinion is protected by an absolute privilege. Call is protected by a qualified privilege. Call entails liability established by law only when a person commits an intentional act that creates a clear, direct and substantial threat of an unlawful result.
How will that turn out now? They will definitely use it,” Viktor Japaridze said at the plenary session.
In response to Japaridze, Matikashvili stated that the aforementioned article would be removed from the law.
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