Opposition MPs Ana Natsvlishvili and Tamar Kordzaia are urging the Constitutional Court of Georgia to make a timely decision and suspend the Russian-style law on so-called foreign agents.
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"A week has passed since the Constitutional Court heard the most challenging arguments regarding the Russian law, yet it is in no hurry to make a decision. I want to make this very clear to the Court: every day, every hour that you fail to suspend the operation of the Russian law in this country, Georgia's European integration is being halted," Ana Natsvlishvili said at a briefing held in Parliament.
According to the MP, the Constitutional Court, like any constitutional body, has an obligation to take all necessary measures to ensure Georgia's European integration.
"You are obliged to make a timely decision regarding the Russian law. Our country pays a very high price every day it continues to live not under the Georgian constitution, but under Russian law. I would like to remind you once again of your personal responsibility to the tens of thousands of citizens of this country and to Georgia's European future. I will say it again:
Justice delayed is justice denied. Therefore, enforce Article 78 of the Constitution and act to save Georgia’s European future," Natsvlishvili added.
Tamar Kordzaia echoed this, urging the Constitutional Court to act immediately. "The stopwatch is ticking. It impacts both the positive outcome of our state's European integration and the destruction of free spaces. We have repeatedly presented arguments to the Court. Representatives of the free media who were there and participated - Gela Mtivlishvili, Nino Zuriashvili, and civil society representative Giorgi Davituri - are clear examples. Just as there are no free media representatives left in Russia, there soon may be none in Georgia," Kordzaia said.
President Salome Zourabichvili, along with 122 non-governmental and media organizations, 38 opposition MPs, and media outlets Mtis Ambebi and Studio Monitori, have appealed the Russian-style law adopted by the parliamentary majority of Georgian Dream to the Constitutional Court. The settlement session on the combined lawsuits was held on August 29-31. The plenum of the Constitutional Court must now decide whether to admit the claims (in whole or in part) and whether to suspend the operation of the law.
