The extraordinary session of the Parliament was concluded with the performance of the State Anthem. The agenda of the session included the Draft Law on Copyrights and Adjoining Rights, which was adopted for the III reading, and the Draft Defense Code, adopted for the II reading.
After the article-by-article discussion, the “Defense Code” project was supported by 79 votes. 6 MPs voted against. The legislative package consists of 46 bills.
The legislative package was presented at the plenary session by the Deputy Minister of Defense Grigol Giorgadze. According to his assessment, the amendments prepared by the Ministry of Defense represent the most important reform, as they fundamentally change and make the military service fully adapted to the goals of defense, introduce the most important guarantees of social security for the military and create effective legal bases for defense organization and compatibility with NATO.