The Parliament is beginning to consider a legislative package, as a result of which NGOs will no longer be involved in the public decision-making process.
The amendments in this direction are included in 14 different laws, which are a joint legislative initiative of the Georgian Dream and the People's Power.
The issue will be discussed tomorrow by the Parliamentary Committee on Procedural Issues and Rules.
The Rules of Procedure of the Parliament and a number of other laws provide for the mandatory participation of NGOs in the public decision-making process.
According to the decision of the ruling team, the change will be reflected in all laws that previously required the participation of NGOs in public decision-making.
As the ruling majority explains, “the existing reality has shown that the mandatory participation of NGOs cannot fulfill the real purpose that the will of the legislator served.”
“Recent developments, including the global developments surrounding USAID, have revealed that the participation of non-governmental organizations in public decision-making processes hinders the effective implementation of state governance.
A large part of non-governmental organizations is funded from abroad. Accordingly, they are organizations that carry out the interests of the funding states and organizations.
Based on the above, their actions in the public decision-making process are not based on the interests of the local community, but serve the political and economic agenda of external forces”, say the authors of the bill.
