Recommendation of the Venice Commission to be reviewed by the Commission itself

The recommendation of the Venice Commission was published on Twitter in a slightly strange form and a completely different law on the court is indicated in the appendix. I think this recommendation of the Venice Commission should be reviewed by the Venice Commission itself, – this is how the First Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Gia Volsky responds to the “urgent considerations” published by the Venice Commission in connection with the so-called. listening law.

According to Volsky, this bill has been considered in parliament since March. At the same time, according to him, there were no legal comments on this document.

“The recommendation of the Venice Commission was published on Twitter in a slightly strange form and the appendix contains a completely different law on the court, which was discussed back in June of this year, and on which there were no fundamental comments.

I think this recommendation of the Venice Commission should be reviewed by the Venice Commission itself and the society should be provided with more information. I think we will overcome the veto and a law that meets all standards will be adopted. The recommendation, which you can’t even call a recommendation, does not imply anything significant at all,” Volsky said and noted: “We urgently need to take such measures that will save our country in the turbulent situation that has arisen in our region, around us and in the world “.

For reference, the day before, the Venice Commission published its urgent considerations in connection with the so-called. the law on wiretapping adopted by the Parliament of Georgia on June 7, 2022 and vetoed by the President of Georgia. The Venice Commission, in particular, notes that “the bill was adopted hastily and requires revision.”

For reference, according to the mentioned law, the terms associated with covert investigative actions are extended and the range of crimes for which covert investigative actions can be carried out is increased. At the same time, the procedure for notifying the relevant person about the conduct of covert investigative actions is changed. Thus, informing the relevant person can be postponed each time under the control of the court for no more than 12 months.

The Parliament supported the draft amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure in the third reading a few weeks ago. The bill was supported by 78 deputies, 11 voted against.