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GEORGIA – Follow-up Opinion to the Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and ODIHR on the Draft Amendments to the Election Code and to the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament

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Following the adoption of the Joint Opinion, the Georgian Parliament adopted the draft amendments without any changes in 2nd reading at the plenary session of 9 February 2024, and in the 3rd and final reading – in an accelerated procedure – on 20 February 2024. On 5 March 2024, the President of Georgia vetoed the amendments. On 19 March 2024, the Georgian Parliament overrode the President’s veto, and on 25 March the law on the amendments was signed by the Speaker of Parliament and entered into force.