Annual work summarized by the Ministry of Justice

The Minister of Justice Tea Tsulukiani presented the summary of the annual work results at Tbilisi Marriott, on December 19. She talked about the priorities of the Ministry and the reforms, which were carried out during the last year.

"The first stage of the justice system reform has boosted the democratization process in Georgia. said the Minister of Justice Tea Tsulukiani. "We also prepared the legislative amendments package of the justice systems second stage. According to it, the judges are more independent from the heads and authorities. And the Head of the Court will be elected by the court members.

According to the Minister of Justice, within the framework, there are amendments in the judicial system, such as the consecutive sentences aggregation principle and the liberalization of the underage inmates justice system. The Ministry of Justice also established the former inmates re-socialization policy.

"We achieved our goal. The Chief Prosecutors Office became independent and it means that the Chief Prosecutor is not politicized anymore. said Tsulukiani.

The minister discussed the amendments in the Labor Law of Georgia to normalize the relations between the employer and employee. Tsulukiani emphasized the effective work of the legal entities of the Ministry of Justice, such as the National Agency of Public Register, Data Exchange Agency, and National Bureau of Enforcement.

President Giorgi Margvelashvili attended this meeting. The non-governmental organizations, representatives of the legislative and executive branches of Georgia, and the representatives of diplomatic corps also attended the summary of the annual report.

"All, Tea Tsulukiani and her team did during the past year is utterly impressive, thats how President Giorgi Margvelashvili assessed the Justice Ministrys work. He paid special attention to the Labor Code.

Margvelashvili believes that the Code that was initiated by Tea Tsulukiani, "is a wonderful document that needs to be improved in the future, too.

"The Labor Code is one of the documents that take us closer to the civil world, President Margvelashvili stated. "For example, it should be guaranteed not only by our moral, but our legislation too that no one should fire a pregnant woman, Margvelashvili said.