NGOs consider unconstitutional judge Merab Turava`s requirement who according to the new law on the Constitutional Court requests the consideration of Rustavi 2 suits by the plenum. The third sector is preparing to file a suit in the Court .
Non-governmental organizations claim that Turava`s initiative proves that the Constitutional Court Act was amended in order to control the Rustavi 2 and other high-profile cases .
"This law was adopted to have the possibility of doing it in the Constitutional Court. In all cases, the government has adopted this law to avoid the constitutional justice, be it Rustavi2 case, Gigi Ugulava case, or cables case. The law was passed for this purpose, then a deal was struck with the president who did not veto this part of the law , and the law was enforced . In these cases legal proceedings will be prolonged at least for a few days , "- said Giorgi Mshvenieradze.
GYLA also talks about the reasons for adopting amendments to the Constitutional Court law.
"This legislative mechanism gives the possibility to one particular judge to prolong the procedure of taking decision on particular case. The prolongation of this may cause irreparable harm to the interests of Rustavi-2, because the Court of Appeals is now in the process of decision-making, "- said Giorgi Gotsiridze.