Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association endorses draft of organic law initiated by the National Democratic Party in Parliament of Georgia – “On Amendments and Addendums to the Election Code of Georgia’, which aims at limiting participation of public officers in pre-election agitation and prohibiting the use of administrative resources.

It shall be noted that the draft law initiated by the National Democratic Party is based on GYLA’s recommendations “Regarding the Matters of Pre-Election Campaigning and the Use of Administrative Resources”, which was presented by GYLA to political parties working to reform the Election Code of Georgia in November 2009.

As GYLA does represent a subject that has the right to make legislative initiative, we would like to express our gratification regarding the fact that recommendations prepared by us were translated into legislative initiative.

We hope that Parliament of Georgia will review and approve prohibition of the use of administrative resources for the purposes of pre-election campaigning, which is one of the key issues for securing fair and equal pre-election environment.