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Party finance rules may be used against anybody, say activists

The biggest problem with the law is that it’s vague and therefore has the potential of being misused and applied arbitrarily or against certain political forces, say the groups. They want party finance rules enforced in December reined in. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Outspoken activists and rights groups met in Tbilisi today and signed a petition called ‘It affects you too’, demanding that something is done to rein in Georgia’s new rules about party financing which they see as a threat to basic rights.

The rules

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