PM: I will guarantee illegal surveillance will end
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Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili says he will do his utmost to end the immoral practice of releasing information about a person's private life in Georgia.
I will guarantee that my Government will take the path that will end this illegal approach. I will do my best to end illegal surveillance,” said Kvirikashvili in reference to the recent leaking of intimate videos online.
The PM said the videos reflecting the private lives of Georgian citizens were made, kept and spread by people who opposed Georgia’s progress and the current Government’s achievements.
He added the previous government promoted progress in various directions but from 2007 it created a "horrific" situation in the country as it focused on blackmailing and threatening of its people.
Overall the PM refrained from widely speaking about the former United National Movement (UNM) government as he believed it was time to move on from the past, and taking action to create a better future was more essential than dwelling about the former government.
Georgia’s top political journalists had a chance to ask some acute questions to the country’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili last night. The live broadcasting of the interview lasted for three hours on Georgia’s public TV.
With 89 votes for and 20 against, the Georgian Parliament adopted a draft of a law today titled Covert Investigative Activities.
With 87 votes for and 2 against, the Georgian Parliament today adopted a final draft of a law that will establish a covert surveillance agency under the auspices of the State Security Service.
Director of the opposition-minded Mtavari-Arkhi TV channel Nika Gvaramia released a ‘script obtained from the country’s State Security Service’ yesterday which ‘confirms the agency is making illegal recordings of politicians, members of NGOs, foreign diplomats, as well as members of the ruling party.’