President Zurabishvili expects High Council of Justice member Anna Dolidze to make ‘respectable decision’

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili expects non-judge member of Georgia’s High Council of Justice Anna Dolidze will make a ‘respectable decision’ amid controversies about her political intentions.

Zurabishvili said as the ‘warrant of protection of the constitution’, the president has no authority to dismiss members of the High Council of Justice.

However, she said, ‘a person, holding such an important and responsible position’, should understand herself where the line goes between the political activities and her current obligations as the council member.

• Creation of new political platform sparks controversies, rivalry between former allies
• NGOs urge member of High Council of Justice Anna Dolidze to quit ‘if she has political ambitions’

Dolidze, who was appointed to the High Council of Justice by ex-President Giorgi Margvelashvili back in 2018, founded a civic movement For the People in May.

Recently, Dolidze together with opposition leader Aleko Elisashvili and independent MP Levan Koberidze created a new political platform. 

A number of civil society organisations have urged Dolidze to leave her post if she has plans to enter politics. Another non-judge member of the High Council of Justice Nazi Janezashvili has also called on Dolidze to quit.