Gov’t Admin says President has not requested authorisation for French visit
The Georgian Government Administration on Thursday said President Salome Zourabichvili had not requested authorisation from the body for her planned visit to France for participation in the Paris Peace Forum between Friday and Saturday. Photo: Government Administration
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The Georgian Government Administration on Thursday said President Salome Zourabichvili had not requested authorisation from the body for her planned visit to France for participation in the Paris Peace Forum between Friday and Saturday.
The statement comes after the ruling Georgian Dream party last month fell short of votes at the Parliament to impeach Zourabichvili, after the Constitutional Court ruled the President had violated the Constitution with her unauthorised official visits earlier during the year.
Irakli Chikovani, an MP from Georgian Dream, on Thursday said Zourabichvili’s actions were “unconstitutional”, and added she had “proved by her own actions that she has lost her legitimacy and relevance”.
President Salome Zourabichvili on Tuesday cancelled her planned visit to Denmark, which had not been authorised by the Government, in a move that follows the Constitutional Court’s ruling earlier this month that said she had violated the Constitution with earlier official foreign trips without approval of the Government, Imedi TV said.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday said for the party Salome Zourabichvili "only nominally” remained the President of the country after the GD-initiated impeachment vote at the Parliament earlier this month following her foreign visits without Government authorisation.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Sunday said the Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili “only nominally” represented her position after the voting on her impeachment at the Parliament following the Constitutional Court’s ruling that she had violated the Constitution through holding foreign visits without the Government’s authorisation.
The ruling Georgian Dream party on Wednesday fell short of votes for President Salome Zourabichvili’s impeachment in the Parliament after 86 MPs voted for her dismissal instead of the mandatory 100.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said members of the party would reject the invitation to join an event hosted by the Administration of President Salome Zourabichvili and involving diplomatic corps on Wednesday, and called the official the “President of the United National Movement [opposition party]”.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the newly appointed Prime Minister of Georgia, on Thursday said domestic anti-corruption laws could be revised if advised by the Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee.