GD Elected President Kavelashvili Signs Into Law Repressive Legislation

List of the laws that are now in effect (1 GEL ≈ 0.36$):

**Blocking Roads/Entrances:**

– Participants may be fined 5,000 GEL if the police deem insufficient participants to justify the blockage.

– Organizers, if identified, may face a fine of 15,000 GEL.

– Administrative detention of up to 15 days may be imposed instead of a fine.

**Use of Pyrotechnics:**

– Merely attending a protest with pyrotechnics results in a 5,000 GEL fine.

– Organizers may be fined 15,000 GEL if the protest is deemed organized.

– Administrative detention of up to 15 days may apply as an alternative to a fine.

**Laser Devices and High-Intensity Light:**

– Possessing laser devices or high-intensity light sources at protests that disrupt state officials’ activities or equipment leads to a 2,000 GEL fine.

**Covering the Face:**

– Wearing a mask or any face covering during protests results in a 2,000 GEL fine.

**Minors at Protests:**

– Parents of minors who commit offenses under Article 173 (non-compliance with police demands) at protests may be fined 100–300 GEL for inadequate upbringing.

**Traffic Disruptions:**

– Drivers joining a protest march that disrupts traffic face a 1,000 GEL fine and a one-year suspension of their driving license.

**Unauthorized Protest Materials:**

– Placing stencils, inscriptions, or posters without authorization that damage the city’s appearance will incur fines of up to 1,000 GEL.

**Preventive detention:**

– Preventive detention is now allowed based on the assumption that an individual may reoffend, even without committing an offense.

– Detention can last for up to 48 hours.

– Challenging the detention requires going through three levels of court, which is a lengthy process.

– If the challenge is successful, compensation of up to 150 GEL may be provided.

Welcome president. NATO game over

Adios democracy! Hello autocracy!

Started paying back the debt, POS with Georgian habitus.