Ruling party MPs propose tougher punishment for ‘petty hooliganism, disobedience to police’
The bill will be introduced at parliament’s bureau session later today. Photo: Interior Ministry press office.
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Ruling Georgian Dream party MPs have proposed a bill to toughen the punishment for petty hooliganism and disobedience to police.
The bill would have repeat petty hooliganism punishable by a 1,500-2,000 GEL fine or administrative imprisonment for 7-15 days
The bill says that disobedience to police, or verbal abuse of a policeman who is performing his/her duties will be punishable by 2,000-3,000 GEL fine or administrative imprisonment up to 15 days.
Repeat violations will be punishable by 3,500-4,500 GEL fine or administrative imprisonment for 10-15 days.
3,452 cases of petty hooliganism were reported last year, while the figure stood at 4,201 for disobedience to police.
Ten demonstrators have been detained near the Interior Ministry headquarters in Tbilisi for ‘disobedience to the lawful request of a police officer’.
Georgian police have received 225 new cars to update their fleet. The interior ministry reported earlier today that the new cars will be given to police divisions in Tbilisi and the regions, as well as to departments of the patrol police.
The United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Proliferation Prevention Program has donated six troop carriers, two 6,000 liter fuel trucks and seven Suzuki off-road vehicles to the Georgian Border Police ‘to increase mobility to remote border sectors’.
The European Union and the International Organisation for Migration have donated 30 all-terrain vehicles to the Georgian Border Police to better combat irregular migration and cross-border crime. This is the part of a larger package of 40 vehicles, 10 of which were donated to Georgia back in November 2020.