Chairman of the Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee dismissed the Venice Commission’s opinion as having no value, claiming it was being used by TV channels controlled by the “Collective [United] National Movement” and what he described as the politicians behind them.

He made such a statement while commenting on the commission’s opinion, accusing it of interfering in Georgia’s internal affairs and questioning its approach to evaluating Georgian legislation.

As Archil Gorduladze noted, the Venice Commission has no mandate to determine the shape of Georgia’s political landscape or environment.

“Their function is to assess a specific law from a legal perspective, but they have shifted to making political assessments that directly align with the positions voiced by every member of the Collective National Movement”, - he added.