Society Kartuli has issued a statement welcoming parliamentary initiatives regarding new legislative changes, declaring them “critically important not only for stability but for the survival of the Georgian state.”

According to the statement, these legislative changes represent “not only the will of the Georgian people’s majority but also an urgent state necessity.”

“These laws, in part, summarize the completed stage of Georgian state formation and represent a logical transition from a policy of naivety to pragmatism in relations with both the West and neighbours,” the statement reads.

The organization argues that Georgia’s political space is currently radically polarized because “externally controlled opposition spectrum and non-governmental sector keeps the country in constant fluctuation while maintaining society in an atmosphere of destruction and stress, where dialogue is replaced by intolerance of others’ opinions, love by hatred, unity by narrow party approaches, and national interests by ‘deep state’ directives.”

The statement also notes that Western bureaucracy has been criticizing Georgia for radical polarization for years while being “the main initiator and sponsor of confrontation in Georgia.”

“We believe that the adoption of laws initiated by the ruling team and supported by the parliamentary constructive opposition is critically important not only for internal political stability but for the survival of the Georgian state as a whole. This is a historic chance for Georgia to live peacefully in the coming years and not be threatened with the role of sacrifice in geopolitical games,” the statement emphasizes.

Society Kartuli considers that one of the main pillars of political extremism controlled from abroad, along with the radical opposition and so-called NGOs, is the portion of foreign-funded media.

“Therefore, it is not only necessary but overdue to approve another initiative – a Georgian analogue of the British law ‘On Media’,” the statement notes.

The organization also considers it timely to restore the “high treason” article in the Criminal Code, and it also supports “removing provisions from laws that require mandatory participation of foreign-funded NGOs in certain decision-making processes.”

“The new laws contain real leverage for strengthening the country’s sovereignty and ending externally imposed polarization and violent-revolutionary scenarios,” the statement concludes.