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Tuesday, July 12
Kervalishvili: I don’t think there is one person in Parliament to take step against Georgian Church

Nobody had hidden motives as the deputies suffer from the situation most, as they fear the Patriarch of Georgia will have the feeling that the parliament goes against the Georgian church, Vice Speaker of parliament Rusudan Karvalishvili told Kviris Palitra .

The deputy states that the bill on the status of religions does not cause doubts, as the state has a constitutional agreement with the Georgian Orthodox Church that is superior to civil law.

“Amendments to the civil code cannot be compared to the constitutional agreement with the Georgian orthodox church. I assure you that all the issues will be investigated and there will be communication to clear up the misunderstanding”, Kervalishvili says.

On the question of why this law was amended so quickly, Kervalishvili explained that it has been done because it was the last session of the spring of the Georgian parliament. Kervalishvili said that no one had any bad intentions. “Most of all MPs are astonished as they do not want the Patriarch to think that parliament is against the Georgian church,” Kervalishvili said.



Sozar Subari on Euro tour

Akhali Taoba writes that the chairman of the Georgian Party Sozar Subari is visiting Europe. In the framework of this European tour, Subari will visit Strasbourg and Brussels where he will hold meetings. Subari plans to meet Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights, in Strasbourg with whom Subari will discuss the government’s pressure on the Georgian Party’s activists, as well as the illegally detained persons' cases. Subari will also report on the May 26 events to Hammarberg where law makers used excessive force against rally participants. From Strasbourg Subari will depart for Brussels where meetings with European parliament members are planned.