Ruling Georgian Dream party names candidate for chair of Legal Affairs Committee
Former committee Chair Eka Beselia quit on December 27, stating her decision was related to the “hasty and unacceptable” process of lifetime appointment of judges to the Supreme Court of Georgia.
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The ruling Georgian Dream party has decided to support the candidacy of Anri Okhanashvili as the Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee in the Georgian Parliament, the leader of the parliamentary majority Archil Talakvadze told journalists after the meeting held at the Georgian Dream office last evening.
We are anticipating spring sessions at the parliament and the parliamentary majority has to name the candidate for the Chair of the Legal Affairs committee. I wish luck to Anri Okhanashvili as he will have quite complicated duty requiring much,” Talakvadze said.
Since the former Chair of the committee Eka Beselia left in December, Davit Matikashvili is serving as the acting Chairman.
Eka Beselia has quit the post on December 27, stating that her decision was related to the “hasty and unacceptable” process of lifetime appointment of judges with a “controversial past” to the Supreme Court of Georgia.
She said, the High Council of Justice (HCJ), an independent body which is responsible for the selection and appointment of judges in the country, must withdraw the list of judges it offered the parliament and the selection process of judges for the Supreme Court should be refined.
The Georgian Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee has elected former deputy head of the committee David Matikashvili as acting head until the spring session, before the committee launches discussions on the controversial list of judges for the Supreme Court of Georgia.
This is the first time when High Council of Justice nominates candidates for the Supreme Court and sends the candidates to the Parliament of Georgia for voting but the ten judges nominated by the HCJ have triggered controversies and criticism in the public and civil sector. So the government considers new regulations regarding the judges selection.
Head of Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee Eka Beselia has quit the post and stated at a briefing today that her decision was related to the “hasty and unacceptable” process of lifetime appointment of judges with a “controversial past” to the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Member of the Lelo Movement Vakhtang Robakidze, who previously was a member of the ruling Georgian Dream party, has been detained for attacking ruling party MP Anri Okhanashvili in the presence of the latter’s three, underage children in a restaurant in Bakuriani yesterday.