Ruling party “ready to elect” Prosecutor General with a 3/5 quorum as agreed with opposition within Charles Michel document
According to the draft law, the Parliament will elect a Prosecutor General of Georgia with a 3/5 majority for a term of six years, and if the candidate does not receive 3/5 of the votes, the Prosecutor General will be elected with a majority of votes, but for a term of one year. Photo: Georgian Dream press office.
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The ruling Georgian Dream party is ready to implement the rule for electing a Prosecutor General with a 3/5 quorum, as agreed by the Georgian political groups last year, within the framework of the EU-mediated agreement, proposed by European Council President Charles Michel, said Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the ruling party on Thursday at a briefing.
Kobakhidze said that against the backdrop of “sabotage” by the “radical opposition”, Georgian Dream has been “actively” working on fulfilling the 12-point conditions outlined by the European Council for granting Georgia candidate status and noted that the Georgian parliamentary majority on Wednesday had agreed to initiate the rule on the election of a Prosecutor General, as one of the EU recommendations, despite its rejection by the Parliament during the first reading.
This draft law, reconciled with the parliamentary opposition, has no analogues in any country, as its content “contradicts the logic” of the governance system and legal principles, Kobakhidze noted, adding that the fulfilment of the 12-point conditions has been a “special priority” and consequently Georgian Government would accept the new rule “without any preconditions”.
According to the draft law, the Parliament will elect a Prosecutor General of Georgia with a 3/5 majority for a term of six years, and if the candidate does not receive 3/5 of the votes, the Prosecutor General will be elected with a majority of votes, but for a term of one year.
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