Rustavi 2 creates a public council. The announcement was made a few minutes ago, by the head of the broadcasting company`s news service Giorgi Laperashvili..

"We have in the last two days repeatedly stated the position of Rustavi 2 news service . We are distancing ourselves from the agenda of the political parties and the rules of their games. We want to do the work, which we know - to cover ongoing processes and news. Our aim is to be critical, but objective. However, we realize that due to processes of the last two days , part of the public may have questions about our editorial independence.

These questions must be answered in order to ensure our independence, we made the decision to create the council, which will control the content prepared by Rustavi 2"s news service. This includes both the news, as well as analytical and political programs.

Today we have discussed this initiative with non-governmental organizations at the meeting. As the initiative was acceptable for the Rustavi 2 journalists, the management and the owners of the channel it was decided to create the public board that will operate as the channel`s self-regulatory mechanism.