Candidates for Anti-Corruption Bureau Chair interviewed by selection commission
The new state body will be tasked with combating corruption, supervising the implementation of the Government's general policy and national strategy against the crime, and coordinating activities of relevant bodies, organisations and officials. Photo: Government Administration
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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.
Members of the commission panel invited eight candidates looking to occupy the position for the agency, established by the ruling party as part of efforts to fulfil the European Union’s conditions for granting the country a membership candidate status.
Following its interviews with citizens aspiring to take the position, the commission will present a shortlist of three nominees to the Prime Minister, with the latter selecting one candidate to lead the Bureau for a term of six years.
The new state body will be tasked with combating corruption, supervising the implementation of the Government's general policy and national strategy against the crime, and coordinating activities of relevant bodies, organisations and officials.
The ruling party announced the creation of the Bureau in October.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Razhden Kuprashvili, the Chair of Georgia’s newly established Anti-Corruption Bureau, on Tuesday briefed the delegation of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe about his agency’s work and intentions.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Friday said the creation of the Anti-Corruption Bureau was “important” for the country's institutional development, in addition to being a part of the European Union conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday highlighted the country was ahead of 11 European Union and 13 NATO member states in terms of corruption control and ranked first in the South Caucasus and the Black Sea regions.
Givi Mikanadze, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said there were “no question marks” regarding the Chair of the country’s recently established Anti-Corruption Bureau and the procedure for their election, following the opinion of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe that on Tuesday said the “current institutional design does not provide for a sufficient degree of independence” of the body.