A drug-addict or drug-user may not be elected as a member of Parliament of Georgia (Art. 92.3). Before the recognition of the authority of the person elected as a member of Parliament, each elected candidate has to undergo a drugs test (Art. 1071). This provision is uncommon by international comparison. Of course, the Venice Commission can not evaluate how severe the drug problem of politicians in Georgia is. In any case, if such an explicit provision is to be regarded as necessary in Georgia, it is not clear why it refers only to elected members of Parliament, and not also to the elected presidential candidate.
