The Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Issues, Archil Gorduladze, states that if the Parliament votes and agrees, it may be determined by law that criminal liability will be imposed on a person who makes a public call for the non-recognition of constitutional bodies.

Archil Gorduladze’s response followed a question from Georgian Dream MP Levan Machavariani, who asked Gorduladze whether we should consider imposing any type of sanctions on political groups or activists who do not recognize the legitimacy of the elected government, create parallel government structures, boycott government decisions, interfere with the work of the police, claim that the country is ruled by an occupying force, and call on others to take similar actions.

More specifically, at the plenary session of the Parliament, where the Law on Grants was being discussed, Machavariani cited the example of Germany and asked Gorduladze:

“Mr. Archil, since the first reading [of the bill] gave me such an idea, maybe we should think about it too. In Germany, one of the political movements was banned in 2025, and the arguments that were listed, by the way, remind me of some people in Georgia. So, Germany is a democratic country, right? The reasons are that a political movement that does not recognize the legitimacy of the elected government creates parallel government structures, boycotts government decisions, prevents the police from working, claims that the country is ruled by an occupying force and calls on others to take similar actions. This was the reason why this political movement was banned in Germany, and should we not also think about any type of sanctions against those political groups or activists? We can directly apply the law to those who commit similar actions, and Germany is a good example, we can directly copy their practice," said Machavariani.

Gorduladze said that it is possible that the cases mentioned in Georgian legislation may be subject to liability, and if the Georgian Parliament votes and agrees, specific formulations will be presented in the form of a specific draft law.

"In principle, I can agree with you on this issue, if the Georgian Parliament also votes with this reservation and agrees, we will present specific formulations in the form of a specific draft law. I believe that it is correct, I believe that it is correct,” Gorduladze said.

According to him, he believes that in this case, liability, including criminal liability, will serve a legitimate purpose - strengthening the sovereignty of the country.

“If liability were established in this case, including criminal liability, of course, I believe that it would directly correspond to the legitimate purpose, which ensures the strengthening of the sovereignty of our country, and it could be submitted as one of the constituent parts of the package of amendments,” Gorduladze said.