Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe positive on Georgia’s constitutional reform
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The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) congratulates the Georgian Parliament with adoption of the new Constitution.
We are very pleased to see that the new Constitution includes the clauses on Advocates’ rights and bar self-regulation, which have a crucial role in ensuring the independence of the legal profession and the proper administration of justice in a democratic society”, Ruthven Gemmell, President of CCBE wrote in a letter sent to the Georgian Parliamentary Chairperson Irakli Kobakhidze.
Representing the bars and law societies of 32 members countries and 13 further associate and observer countries, and through them more than 1 million European lawyers, CCBE believes the new Constitution would contribute to "further strengthening of lawyers’ professional uarantees”.
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has vetoed the constitutional changes that the Parliament adopted on September 26. He returned the bill back to the parliament with six recommendations.
The parliament of Georgia has overridden the president’s veto on the constitutional amendments and confirmed the country’s new constitution that will come into force following the 2018 presidential elections.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili says that Georgia’s new constitution is a major step forward on the path of the democratic development of the country.
The parliament of Georgia will most likely pass new a round of constitutional amendments in March of 2018, says Parliamentary Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze.