Georgian parliament has approved Irakli Shotadze as the country's prosecutor general for the second time amid a boycott of the parliamentary opposition and several independent MPs.
Shotadze was elected with 82 MPs for and none against earlier today, as the opposition and those MPs protesting his candidacy were absent.
Shotadze’s candidacy was approved by Parliament's Legal Issues Committee yesterday.
Shotadze, who was the first Georgian prosecutor general elected by parliament in 2015, was nominated for the post by a legal entity, the Georgian Technical University.
The post became vacant after former Chief Prosecutor Shalva Tadumadze was approved as lifetime judge of the Georgian Supreme Court in December 2019.
The ruling Georgian Dream party, which has more than 90 MPs in parliament, vowed support for Shotadze.
The opposition and the civil sector strongly opposed Shotadze’s reelection, stating that he did not deserve the post and that he was the choice of the ruling Georgian Dream party chair Bidzina Ivanishvili.