UN General Assembly
2014

back. The Georgian people will hold the Government accountable at the ballot box. My Government must earn every vote by serving the people faithfully and by achieving progress for the country. We are strengthening democratic institutions and establishing stronger checks and balances. Our new Constitution decentralizes executive power and creates greater accountability at all levels of Government. Our Parliament now functions as a true legislature. Laws are proposed, debated and amended. Committees hold hearings and question ministers. The old rubber stamp has been thrown away. We now guarantee the protection of human rights through a new human rights strategy and action plan. In addition, we are equally proud to have enacted a new anti-discrimination law that extends the protection of human rights to all Georgian citizens. We have restored the rule of law by establishing an independent judiciary and by instituting more rights for defendants. We have ended impunity by Government officials and torture and abuse in our prisons. All Georgians are now equal before the law. No one is above