The Legal Affairs Committee approved, at the I reading, amendments to the Election Code. The amendments aim to clarify certain electoral procedures, including issues related to the registration of international observers and their accompanying interpreters.

According to the reporter, Chair of the Procedural Issues and Rules Committee, Davit Matikashvili, under the draft organic law, the procedure governing photo and video recording and audio monitoring by individuals at sessions of election commissions will be determined by a decree of the Central Election Commission.

Pursuant to the proposed amendments, an international observer may only be a foreign citizen who has attained the age of 18, the procedures for the registration of interpreters accompanying international observers are also established.

The authors and initiators of the draft law are MPs: Archil Gorduladze, Tornike Cheishvili, Rati Ionatamishvili, Aluda Gudushauri, David Matikashvili, Guram Macharashvili, Akaki Aladashvili, Tengiz Sharmanashvili, Alexandre Tabatadze, and Irakli Shatakishvili.