The legislative initiative of Beselia and Gogichaishvili poses a threat to freedom of expression
The Parliament of Georgia has registered a legislative initiative of MPs Eka Beselia and Levan Gogichaishvili which provides for making amendments to the Law of Georgia on Culture and to the Civil Procedure Code of Georgia.
Monitoring Report of 2017 Open Parliament Action Plan
On 12 April Transparency International Georgia presented the "Monitoring Report of the 2017 Action Plan for Open Parliament" within the framework of the project "Strengthening Parliament's Accountability and Transparency of Its Activities".
Constitutional Amendments Proposed by the Ministry of Justice Restrict Access to Public Information
It has come to our knowledge that the Parliament of Georgia may follow the initiative proposed by the Ministry of Justice to amend the text of the new Constitution and lower the constitutional standard of access to public information.
Changes to the Rule of Labor Remuneration in Public Institutions
On 29 September of the current year, the government submitted a draft law on “Remuneration in Public Institutions” to the Parliament of Georgia.
Non-governmental organizations address Members of Parliament of Georgia
Amending the Constitution and creating or abolishing local self-government entities are the two issues where the Constitution of Georgia attributes special importance to the obligatory nature of the engagement of the population in the decision-making process.

Parliament will Weaken Public Engagement by Adopting New Barriers for Initiating and Debating Legislative Proposals
On May 4, the Parliament held a first reading and gave an approval to amendments to regulations governing the procedure of proposing legislative bills. The initiative entails adopting new procedures and rules for proposing bills to the Parliament which will differ from the existing practice.