The Spring Session of the 11th Convocation of the Parliament of Georgia will officially open on February 3, within the parliamentary rules that set the first Tuesday of February as the start of the spring sitting period. Plenary sessions are scheduled for February 3 and 4.
At a Bureau meeting held today, Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili announced that he will present the annual report on parliamentary activities during the first week of March. The Bureau also reviewed a number of new legislative initiatives and approved their referral to relevant parliamentary committees for consideration.
A major legislative package initiated by the Georgian Dream faction will introduce amendments to several main laws, including the Law on Grants, the Criminal Code, the Administrative Procedure Code, the Code of Administrative Offences, the Organic Law on Political Unions of Citizens and the Law on the State Audit Office. The Legal Issues Committee has been designated as the lead body responsible for reviewing this package.
At the same time, the Bureau considered a government-initiated bill amending the Law on Remuneration in Public Institutions. The proposed changes exclude interns working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ structural subdivisions abroad from the general cap on intern remuneration. Instead, their pay will be determined within limits set by a legal act issued by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Another draft law, submitted by the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, proposes amendments to the Law on Public Service. The change would rename the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of Adjara to the Ministry of Education and Sports of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara.
With the session’s opening next week, Parliament is set to begin consideration of a broad range of legislative and institutional reforms.
