Proposed amendment on constitutional court's power to ban political parties passes first reading in Georgia

The Georgian parliament has approved, in a first reading, a legislative proposal to broaden the Constitutional Court’s powers to outlaw political parties. [ . . . ] The legislation currently allows the Constitutional Court to ban parties whose objectives involve the violent overthrow of the constitutional order, threats to national independence, or violations of the country’s territorial integrity. The newly passed amendments would extend this authority by enabling the court to dissolve any political party whose declared aims or actual operations—including the submission of electoral lists—mirror those of a previously banned party.
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