Chairman of the Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, said the religious denominations fully support the draft law on “family values and protection of minors.”
Papuashvili told journalists after the meeting with the representatives of different religious denominations, that, with this support, the work of the universal-public discussion commission is finally completed and the general opinions have been transferred to the parliament.
“Today, I had a meeting with the representatives of various religions, including the Georgian Orthodox Church, the Armenian Church, the Jewish community, the Yezidis, the Catholics, the Muslim community, the Baptist Church, and the representatives of all major religions. It’s about protection. We discussed the issues in detail. There is full support from religious denominations regarding this project. With this support, we will finally complete the work of the Public Review Commission and submitted to Parliament the common opinions that have been formed as a result of 11 meetings, and the position of society, regarding this law. There is full support, therefore, it is important for Parliament to continue debating this draft constitutional law in a parliamentary format,” Papuashvili said.
On March 25, Georgian Dream submitted a bill on constitutional amendments “to protect family values and minors” from “pseudo-liberal propaganda”. The changes concern the rights of representatives of the LGBTQ+ community.
On March 25, the ruling party registered constitutional amendments in Parliament.
During the presentation, the executive secretary of “Georgian Dream” Mamuka Mdinaradze repeated that the task of Dream is to protect family values and minors.
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