PM invites NGOs to reform Georgia’s prosecution

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili is addressing non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to get involved in the reformation process of Georgia’s prosecution.

Garibashvili announced this at today’s Governmental meeting in Tbilisi, where he talked about the need of reforming the prosecution and giving it more independence.

In addition, the PM said one NGO that belonged to former General Prosecutor Archil Kbilashvili had already expressed willingness to participate in the process.

"If we will move towards any model, this should be achieved by working. Different opinions will be expressed in the process," Garibashvili said.

"Today it is a little early to talk about concrete models. Most important is to establish an institutionally balanced model under which the prosecution's neutrality will be institutionaly secured and the principle of accountability will be protected,” Garibashvili said.

"We are saying that the prosecution should become more independent, but of course the principle of accountability must be clearly defined. According to my information, different non-governmental organisations, for example Archil Kbilashvili’s organisation, are working on this issue."

The PM said he had held consultations with the interested NGO and he now wanted to publicly address NGOs with this proposal.

"We should open our doors to everyone who is interested in this issue and listen to their opinions so that we create the best, well-balanced model,” the PM said.