Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze stated that President Salome Zourabichvili's constitutional lawsuit against the Russian Law has no prospects.
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"I think this lawsuit will have no prospects. It is impossible to argue that transparency is inherently bad or legally wrong. It simply cannot be proven. One positive aspect of this lawsuit is that Salome Zourabichvili made a mistake by recognizing the legitimacy of the Constitutional Court - the very court that declared her a violator of the constitution. By doing so, she admitted that the country has a president who violates the constitution. This admission is quite significant.
Regarding the lawsuit, I will reiterate that the lawsuit filed against transparency will not have any legal or practical prospects," Kobakhidze told journalists.
The Constitutional Court has accepted the review of the constitutional lawsuit, in which the President requests a suspension of the Russian Law on so-called Foreign Agents until a decision is made on the case.
In the 69-page lawsuit, the president claims that the law On Transparency of Foreign Influence and its specific provisions contradict six articles of the constitution, including Article 78, which concerns the country's "integration into European and Euro-Atlantic structures."
The claim argues that foreign funding does not logically imply that the recipient of such funding is under Foreign Influence and is not sufficient to justify restrictive measures against civil organizations and media, especially when such funding is provided by international organizations of which Georgia is a member or wishes to join.
Non-governmental and media organizations have also challenged the Russian Law in the Constitutional Court and are simultaneously preparing a complaint to be submitted to the European Court of Human Rights.
