A lawmaker from the parliamentary minority group, Gia Tortladze, said tabled a draft law excluding former Communist Party functionaries and officers of and collaborators with the ex-Soviet secret service KGB from serving in the state structures – a process known as lustration.
MP Tortladze, who is a founder of Democratic Party of Georgia, said he would push for the draft law in September after the Parliament returns from summer recess.
The proposal is mainly similar to the one, which was tabled by an opposition Democratic Front faction in the previous Parliament more than two years ago. The faction, which mainly united members of Republican and Conservative parties, also included MP Tortladze. The draft law, however, was voted down by the ruling National Movement Party in February, 2007.
