US Ambassador Kelly Degnan said she hoped that the parliament would use the remaining few days of its plenary session to incorporate the key recommendations that the Venice Commission provided regarding the electoral reform.

The US Ambassador commented about the Venice Commission conclusion published regarding the amended draft of the Georgian Election Code.

“The Venice Commission is a highly respected organization. It takes its work very seriously. It is important that the parliament sent the draft legislation to the Venice Commission for review, and it is also important that the parliament now incorporates the recommendations that were provided yesterday. The recommendations indicated that the key aspects were not included in the draft and need to be incorporated.

I sincerely hope that the parliament will use the remaining few days of this session to incorporate those key recommendations that the Venice Commission has identified as well as other Venice Commission recommendations that are outstanding regarding the important electoral reform.

This is what Georgians need to see when they go to the polls in October that their electoral system has been meaningfully improved so that they have full confidence in the outcome of the election results,” Kelly Degnan stated.

The Venice Commission, an advisory board of the Council of Europe published the conclusion over the amended frat-project of Election Code on June 18.