Parliament will vote on new Cabinet this weekend
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Georgia’s Parliament will vote and decide whether or not to support the country’s new Cabinet on Saturday, November 26.
Today Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze said Acting Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili had presented the new Cabinet of Ministers and the Governmental program to Parliament.
Now it was up to the legislative body to discuss the program and decide whether or not to give a vote of confidence to the renewed Government.
Today, on Thursday November 24, committee hearings will take place where each Parliamentary Committee will listen to their respective minister nominee. The next day, on November 25, Parliamentary factions, the majority and minority will meet and listen to the new Prime Minister and ministerial nominees.
Meanwhile consultations are underway between Parliament and President Giorgi Margvelahsvili in order to schedule an extraordinary plenary meeting on Saturday to hold the vote.
Acting Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili presented the new Cabinet of Ministers earlier today.
Out of Georgia’s 18-member Cabinet, 14 ministers remained the same, one had switched from one ministry to another and three ministers were new. Learn more about the new names in Georgia’s Cabinet below.
Ready for Parliament vote
There are three new names in the new Cabinet of Ministers of Georgia, and one official has switched from one ministry to another. A short time ago Georgia’s Acting Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili presented the proposed new Cabinet.
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Today Georgia’s Parliament will vote and decide whether or not to support the country’s new Cabinet. An extraordinary plenary session of Parliament will convene at 12pm this afternoon.