The Parliament discussed for the I reading and adopted with 79 votes against 4 the Draft Law on Broadcasting.

The Chair of the Sector Economy and Economic Policy Committee, David Songulashvili introduced the essence and the principles of the Draft.

According to him, the Draft aims at the creation of an effective response mechanism to the incitement of terrorism and hate speech and the elimination of the programs and advertisements containing incitement and hate speech.

“In December 2022, the European Commission submitted a letter reflecting the ways of modification of the legislation to ensure the participation of Georgia in the program “Creative Europe” in the part of media. A similar commitment is provided in 12 recommendations of the European Commission, and the obtainment of the EU candidacy depends on a degree of compliance with them”, - he elucidated.

By adopting the Draft, Georgia fulfills the 7th paragraph of the recommendations.

The Draft is submitted for expedited consideration.