Former Deputy Minister fights dismissal and launches lawsuit
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Former first Deputy Minister of Culture Marina Mizandari will appeal to the Civil Court against an official decision to terminate her employment.
The lawsuit is being filed against Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Culture Minister Guram Odisharia.
Mizandari will be represented by Sulkhan Saladze - an attorney of Young Lawyer’s Association.
Saldadze said the appeal demanded to annul the President-ordered documents that confirmed Mizandari’s dismissal.
The lawyer said none of the decisions made by the Minister of Culture and the Prime Minister were "legally justified”.
Mizandari was dismissed from her role as the country’s first Deputy Minister of Culture on February 10, by the decree of the PM. The official reason of her dismissal was disobedience and personal incompatibility with the Minister.
But Mizandari believed she was let go following disagreements with Odisharia on several issues including the Sakdrisi Gold Mine case and the Ministry’s human resources polic
The First Deputy Minister of Culture and Monument Protection Marine Mizandari has been dismissed by the order of the Prime Minister
Minister Guram Odisharia addressed Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili in a bid to dismiss the First Deputy Culture Minister Marine Mizandari on February 5.
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