Archil Talakvadze on constitutional changes: Georgia once again has shown readiness to strengthen democracy

13:48, 29.06.2020

The Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia Archil Talakvadze said: “Parliament’s decision to endorse the constitutional amendments on election bill is another important step towards Georgia’s democratic development.”

“Georgia has once again shown the public and its partners the readiness to strengthen democracy and to hold free, democratic and transparent parliamentary elections in October 2020,” Talakvadze stressed.

The Chairman of the Parliament thanked facilitator ambassadors as well as the citizens, MPs who supported constitutional changes.

The Parliament of Georgia has approved the Draft Constitutional Changes in its 3rd reading. 117 voted in favour of election bill, and 3 voted against it.

Draft amendments foresee an election system for 2020 based on 120 proportional mandates and 30 majoritarian mandates, a fair composition of election districts, a 1% threshold, and a cap recognizing that no single party that wins less than 40% of the votes should be able to get its own majority in the next parliament.

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Archil Talakvadze

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The Chairman of the Parliament