On December 29, Georgian President Mikhail Kavelashvili signed a law on the day of his inauguration prohibiting the wearing of masks at protest rallies, as well as the use of lasers, SİA reports.
The document is published on the portal of the Legislative Bulletin of Georgia.
According to the amendments to the law on Assemblies and Demonstrations, which the Georgian Parliament approved on December 13, it is prohibited to "cover your face with a mask or other means."
The list of prohibited items also includes pyrotechnics and lasers, which protesters often use to shine into the eyes of police officers and surveillance cameras. After the official publication, the law came into force.
The portal of the Legislative Bulletin also published more than 10 other laws that were adopted in an expedited manner by the Parliament of Georgia of the new convocation after the parliamentary elections on October 26. Among them are amendments to the law on State protection, which deprives the president of state protection after the expiration of his term of office if the Constitutional Court finds that he violated the Constitution while in office. Thus, Salome Zurabishvili, whose powers expired the day before, was deprived of state protection. In 2023, the Constitutional Court supported the idea of her impeachment for violating the constitution, as she made foreign visits without the consent of the government.
The inauguration of the sixth President, Mikhail Kavelashvili, took place in the Parliament of Georgia on Sunday. He was elected to a five-year term on December 14 by the electoral college. These were the first indirect presidential elections in Georgia. His predecessor, Salome Zurabishvili, does not recognize the new president, as she considers the October 26 parliamentary elections to be rigged.
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