The Parliament overrode the President’s veto regarding the law on wiretapping.

Initially, the motivated remarks of the President on the Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia were voted on, which was supported by only 20 MPs, while 68 MPs voted against.

After that, the vetoed draft law was put to the vote, which was supported by 79 MPs, while 27 voted against.

Speaking at the session, President’s Parliamentary Secretary, Giorgi Mskhiladze said the vote was “undermining Georgia’s democratic future” and decried the vote taking place at the moment when the EU-Georgia Association Council meeting is taking place in Brussels.

Head of the Legal Committee, Anri Okhanashvili said that the President failed to provide “motivated reasons” for her veto and thus “failed to fulfill the legal and Constitutional demands even at this elementary level”.