01 November 2014, 09:38
Georgian President signs law banning wiretapping
The Georgian Parliament has finally adopted the law banning the secret services to wiretap. MPs have refused to override the veto of the President, who opposed postponing the introduction of the new rules. Thereafter, Georgy Margvelashvili has signed the law.
The Georgian President has emphasized that the law is a step towards the democratization of Georgia, the "InterpressNews" reports with reference to the presidential administration.
In March 2014, local NGOs proposed to ban secret spying in Georgia, after in 2013, the materials with records of citizens' private lives were found in the archives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia.
Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.
