Linas Linkevicius: We welcome adoption of long-anticipated electoral reform in Georgian Parliament

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevicius, has praised yesterday's constitutional amendment in the Georgian Parliament.

As Linas Linkevicius wrote on his Twitter page, the constitutional changes will strengthen democracy and parliamentary pluralism in the country.

"Welcome adoption of long-anticipated electoral reform in Georgia’s Parliament which would strengthen democracy & parliamentary pluralism. Proportional representation & opening up to further diversity of political opinions is a positive step forward for upcoming elections", - tweeted Linkevicius.

For the record, the Parliament has approved the draft amendments to the Constitution in the third reading yesterday, according to which, the 2020 parliamentary elections will be held with the proportion of 120/30, meaning that the next parliament will be composed of 120 MPs elected under the proportional system and 30 MPs elected under the majoritarian system. 117 deputies supported the draft constitutional law and 3 went against it.