Parliament committee chair says public defender candidate should be “worthy”, not representative of “certain political team or course”
In his remarks over the ongoing work for selecting the new public defender, Kadagishvili noted the parliament’s voting for the position had become “open”, a change he said would “significantly” contribute to an “inclusive” selection process for candidates. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Irakli Kadagishvili, the chair of the rules and procedural issues committee of the parliament of Georgia, on Monday said the parliamentary majority and the opposition would find a “worthy” new candidate for the position of the public defender who is “not a representative of a certain political team or course”.
In his remarks over the ongoing work for selecting the new public defender, Kadagishvili noted the parliament’s voting for the position had become “open”, a change he said would “significantly” contribute to an “inclusive” selection process for candidates.
The [parliamentary] majority is not going to put forward its candidacy and will try to find a candidate - together with the opposition - who will be worthy and will not be a representative of a certain political team or course”, the parliament official said.
On August 31, Mamuka Mdinaradze, the executive secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, announced the party would not be presenting a candidate for the position of public defender, and the nomination would be “completely entrusted” to the opposition and civil sector.
Mdinaradze said the party would be involved in the process only in case it became “artificially blocked or sabotaged” by the opposition, and noted the parliament would “without delay” register changes in related regulations defining general criteria for evaluating the candidate.