A couple of weeks ago, the Parliamentary Majority initiated the Constitutional change concerning the family values and protection of minors. Hence, now, we need to hold consultations with the population to hear their positions, the Speaker of the Parliament said at the meeting of the Steering Commission on Universal-Public Consideration of Constitutional Changes in Zugdidi.

As he noted, the meetings with the population aim at hearing of their positions on whether they approve of the changes.

“The people constitute the source of authority in all democratic states. The people, through the elections, delegate the mandate to their representatives with a term of four years, thus allowing them to make decisions on their behalf of the population. Naturally, this is the process of feedback with the citizens. At the same time, our Constitution and the legislation provide that the issues linger when the mandate of the Parliament is not sufficient for the solutions but it requires direct communication with the people. These are the issues that are fundamental for our society and all fundamental issues are regulated under the Constitution, which reflects our values – the roots we stand on, our ideals, our aspirations and hence, these issues constitute the basic structure and concept of our state administration. Correspondingly, the issues concerning these values and the specification thereof under the legislation require the initial consultations with our society”, - said Shalva Papuashvili.

According to him, the Commission, after the one-month consideration process, will submit the conclusion to the Parliament, henceforth, the Parliament initiates the respective procedures.