TI Georgia boycotts parliamentary procedures for Supreme Court judges

The head of Transparency International Georgia Eka Gigauri says that the nomination  of new judges to the Supreme Court must be suspended until the implementation of major judiciary reforms. Photo: Fady Asly.

Agenda.ge, 02 Jul 2021 - 16:50, Tbilisi,Georgia

Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) has joined several parliamentary opposition parties and the ombudswoman and has refused to participate in the screening of candidates for judges to the country’s Supreme Court in the state legislature. 

The Georgian parliament has plans to begin procedures for a vote on nine candidates for the Georgian Supreme Court who were presented by the country’s High Council of Justice (HCJ) on June 17, 2021. 

Head of TI Georgia Eka Gigauri stated earlier today that the election of new judges to the country’s Supreme Court must be suspended until the implementation of major judiciary reforms, in line with the April 19 EU-mediated agreement.