Parliament Speaker welcomes bills on Special Investigation Service, Anti-Corruption Bureau in line with EU recommendations
Legislative amendments regarding activities of the Special Investigation Service will be presented at today's session of the Bureau of the Parliament. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday extended his gratitude to the Legal Affairs Committee of the legislative body for “effectively” initiating bills on activities of the Special Investigation Service and the Anti-Corruption Bureau.
After the European Commission made a decision to recommend the granting of [the European Union membership candidate] status to Georgia, it also issued recommendations regarding further reforms, including matters related to the effectiveness and independence of the Special Investigation Service and the Personal Data Protection Service, as well as the effectiveness and independence of the Anti-Corruption Bureau”, Papuashvili said.
The chief Georgian legislator noted a parliamentary format had been created and meetings held to discuss changes in the bill based on the recommendations of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe.
Legislative amendments regarding activities of the Special Investigation Service will be presented at today's session of the Bureau of the Parliament.
Based on the recommendations of the Venice Commission, the Service will be empowered to publish special reports on matters pertaining to its remit at its own initiative and at the time of its choosing.
The joint statement of the Association Council between the European Union and Georgia on Wednesday said the bloc recognised that Georgia had carried out “significant reforms” in a “number of areas” and “successfully” approximated its legislation with the EU acquis in “many sectors”.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Wednesday highlighted the “very interesting” meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and the European Parliament Speaker Roberta Metsola in Brussels.
Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, Georgia's Ambassador to the European Union, on Wednesday highlighted Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s meeting with the European Parliament President Roberta Metsola as “very important”.
Robin Dunnigan, the United States Ambassador to Georgia, on Wednesday said she was “very pleased” over Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s first official visit to Brussels this week and said she hoped to see the country as a member of the European Union in “years ahead”.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday denounced the demands by the domestic opposition and some non-governmental organisations of transferring the “decisive” role in staffing the country’s judiciary to foreign states.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Thursday highlighted the Government's “unwavering leadership” in ensuring good governance and transparency and combating corruption, in response to the latest Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom that ranked the country 38th globally.