Before the start of the impeachment procedure in the Parliament, the President of Georgia vetoed the amendments to the ‘Law on Assemblies and Demonstrations’, as yet another anti-European law. The veto can be overridden by a majority vote, at least 76 deputies, which is not a problem for the ruling party and the initiators of the bill, Georgian Dream.
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On October 5, the Parliament adopted amendments to the ‘Law on Assemblies and Demonstrations’ in an accelerated manner – the participants of the assembly or demonstration are prohibited from erecting a temporary structure or pitching a tent: if its placement poses a threat to the participants of the assembly or other persons; interferes with the protection of public order and security by the police; causes disruption of normal functioning of an enterprise, institution, or organization; or is not related to the cause of the assembly or demonstration.
Violation will lead to the confiscation of the construction or the tent and a fine of 500 GEL or confiscation and administrative imprisonment for up to 15 days. If the offender is an organizer - confiscation of the object of offense and a fine in the amount of 5000 GEL or confiscation of the object of offense and administrative imprisonment for up to 15 days.
The ruling party justifies the amendments to the law with the statement of the State Security Service, according to which another coup is planned in Georgia for October-December.
According to the Chairman of Georgian Dream Irakli Kobakhidze, under the updated law, the police will decide when a tent can and cannot be pitched at a rally.
‘’Setting up tents is not being banned outright. It’s just that the police will have the discretion to decide when and where the tent can be set up,’’ Kobakhidze told the media.
