We remain deeply concerned that this draft legislation would harm civil society organizations working to improve the lives of Georgian citizens and would derail Georgia from its European path. We are also concerned that this draft legislation would impede independent media organizations working to provide access for Georgian citizens to high-quality information. But because this remains draft legislation, I’m going to sort of leave it there today and not talk about any implications should it actually be passed into law”, said the Spokesperson for the US Department of State, Matthew Miller.

He also answered a question about sanctions against judges.

“The three sanctions were put in place to promote accountability for malign actors who’ve benefitted from impunity as well as worked to undermine the rule of law and the Georgian public’s faith in their judicial system. And in terms of communications with the Government of Georgia, of course we encourage that government to take steps to promote accountability for corrupt actors”, said the Spokesperson.