Special state protection service head to become permanent member of national security council
The head of Georgia’s special state protection service will participate in the work of the country’s national security council as a permanent member. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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The head of Georgia’s special state protection service will participate in the work of the country’s national security council as a permanent member.
Anzor Chubinidze, the head of the service, introduced the relevant bill, prepared at the Georgian government's initiative, to the parliament’s defence and security committee on Monday, with the latter supporting the initiative.
Chubinidze noted the change was required as the service was “actively involved” in the implementation of “special, operational and other preventive measures” that “serve to detect and prevent threats against the state”.
He stressed his service carried out activities that “belong to the field of national security, as defined by the law on the rules of planning and coordination of national security policy”.
Mikheil Sarjveladze, the chair of the Georgian parliament’s committee on human rights, on Monday said the law on deoligarchisation, designed to address one of the conditions of the European Union for granting Georgia the membership candidate status, was not created “in favour or against specific persons”.
The ruling Georgian Dream party on Wednesday initiated a bill proposing the creation of an anti-corruption bureau, as part of efforts to fulfil the European Union’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status.
The working group proposed by the ruling Georgian Dream party in the Parliament and tasked with revising domestic electoral laws in line with the European Commission conditions for the country’s EU membership candidacy held its first meeting on Thursday.
Georgian Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee will create five working groups today to address the conditions outlined by the European Union for granting the country membership candidate status, with the issues of deoligarchisation, judicial reform, electoral code and creation of an anti-corruption agency, a special investigative service and a personal data protection service in particular focus, the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) said.
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili on Friday marked the 29th anniversary of the Georgian Special State Protection Service with messages of gratitude to current and former professionals of the agency.