PM decree opens call for Anti-Corruption Bureau Chief position
The candidates for the commission must be submitted to the Prime Minister within one week following the announcement of the competition. Photo: Government Administration
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday signed a decree opening the call for the position of the Chief of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, a newly created office the Government has initiated as part of efforts to fulfil the European Union’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status.
The Government Administration said the decree set out inclusion of representatives of the Government, the Parliament, the Supreme Court, the Prosecutor General's Office and the Public Defender in the selection commission for the candidate for the position.
The candidates for the commission must be submitted to the Prime Minister within one week following the announcement of the competition.
The announcement also said further information about the terms, deadline and rules for receiving submissions for the position would be published on the Government website within a week after the first meeting of the selection commission.
The ruling Georgian Dream party announced the creation of the Bureau in October, with the agency expected to promote combating corruption, supervise the implementation of the Government's general policy and national strategy against the crime, as well as coordinate activities of relevant bodies, organisations and officials.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said his country had ranked ahead of 11 European Union and 13 NATO member states in the recently published World Bank’s Control of Corruption Index.
The anti-corruption agency of Georgia’s state security service on Thursday held a meeting sharing experience in combating corruption and abuse of power with local officials in the western regions of Guria and Adjara.
The ruling Georgian Dream party on Wednesday initiated a bill proposing the creation of an anti-corruption bureau, as part of efforts to fulfil the European Union’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status.
The ruling Georgian Dream party on Friday presented its strategy for fulfilling the 12-point conditions outlined by the European Council for granting the country the European Union membership candidate status later this year.
Revaz Javelidze, the Head of Georgian Government Administration, was on Thursday elected as Chair of the commission tasked with selecting the head of the recently set up Anti-Corruption Bureau.
The Georgian Government on Wednesday published the list of qualifications for those interested in applying for the position of the Chair of the recently established Anti-Corruption Bureau, an institution formed as part of efforts to fulfil European Union’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status.
The commission tasked with selecting the head of the recently set up Anti-Corruption Bureau on Tuesday reviewed applications of citizens submitting their candidacies for the position.
The selection commission tasked with reviewing submissions for the position of the Chair of the newly formed Anti-Corruption Bureau on Monday interviewed select candidates, the Government Administration announced.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday met Razhden Kuprashvili, the new Chair of the country’s recently established Anti-Corruption Bureau, who was selected for the position by the Government head from candidates shortlisted by a selection commission on Monday.