Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze has stated that the City Hall will appeal to Parliament and demand stricter laws regarding vandalism.

As Kakha Kaladze stated at today's session of the capital's government, over the past 2 years, about 5,000 cases of vandalism have been recorded, which is a problem.

"Unfortunately, while there are still many problems to be solved in the city, there are many cases when some citizens deliberately and vandalically damage the facades of buildings. These facts are very sad. Over the past 2 years, about 5 thousand facts have been recorded, these are buildings, cultural heritage monuments, buildings of state agencies, subway exits, stops, and so on.

Of course, this attitude is categorically unacceptable. As you know, the law is already in force in this direction, but we are appealing to the Parliament to tighten the law in this direction.

In addition, a few days ago I had a working meeting with the Minister of Internal Affairs Geka Geladze and other representatives of the department, where we discussed ways to solve the problem. We decided that, together with the municipality, representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be actively involved in the process.

We will do everything to ensure that the law is enforced," Kaladze said.

He instructed the relevant services to strictly enforce the norms stipulated by the law and to begin cleaning works.

"I would like to ask the head of Tbilservice, Giorgi Papava, to start the relevant cleaning works throughout the city from tomorrow, so that the facades, which are a big problem, are in order within 2 weeks, as much as possible," Kaladze said.

The Tbilisi Mayor explained that he is not happy about fining anyone, therefore he calls on citizens to obey the law.