President Margvelashvili names his candidate to lead Gov’t of Adjara Autonomous Republic
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President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili has named his candidate to fill the vacant post of head of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara.
Today President Margvelashvili named Georgia’s ex-Ambassador to Kazakhstan Zurab Pataridze as his pick to fill the empty leadership role.
The position became vacant last week when the Adjara Government chairperson Archil Khabadze quit the post as he intended to take part in the October 8 Parliamentary Elections.
Before presenting Pataridze as his chosen candidate, President Margvelashvili said he had consulted with the Adjara Autonomous Government and its Ministers, and currently he was in active talks with the Adjara Supreme Council, the legislative body of the region eligible to confirm the Adjara Government head, to provide support for Pataridze.
The Supreme Council of Adjara performs as a legislative body and is composed of 21 deputies, 15 of whom appear in the body through the proportional electoral system, while the remaining six are majoritarian deputies.
The Supreme Council of Adjara must confirm the executive Adjara Government and its Ministers with two thirds of votes. The Adjara Government is responsible before the Council and the President of Georgia.
Elections for the Adjara Supreme Council were scheduled for October 8 – the same day as Georgia’s Parliamentary Elections – where locals of the Autonomous Republic will elect their lawmakers.
Government officials from the Autonomous Republic of Adjara have introduced several investment projects worth more than $1 billion USD that will soon be implemented in Georgia’s western region.
Kazakh investors consider Adjara the most attractive place in Georgia to invest, reports local newspaper Kazpravda.
Today the legislative body of Georgia’s western Autonomous Republic of Adjara approved the person the President nominated to take the position of the Government’s head.
Fifteen political parties and blocs have registered to compete in the October election of Supreme Council of Adjara, which is the local parliament of the region in Georgia’s Black Sea coast.
The head of the Adjara Autonomous Republic Government Zurab Pataradze has announced his resignation several minutes ago. He stated that he made the decision with his team and that his resignation was an "ordinary rotation.”