Georgian PM claims second impeachment of President has “essentially symbolic meaning”
In early October the President made several foreign visits to France, Germany, Poland and Belgium without the Government’s consent. Photo: Government Administration
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Irakli Kobakhidze, the Prime Minister of Georgia, on Friday claimed a second impeachment against President Salome Zourabichvili, launched by the ruling Georgian Dream party last week for her unauthorised official visits abroad, had an “essentially symbolic meaning”.
It is fundamentally important that the traitor does not leave the office of the President by default. She should leave this position as a violator of the [Georgian] Constitution”, he claimed.
Kobakhidze added “when the GD party receives more than one hundred mandates” in the new Parliament after “winning” the general elections scheduled on October 26, the impeachment of the President would be carried out “in the first session, immediately”, and in accordance with the Constitution.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on October 7 announced the second impeachment against Zourabichvili, citing the October 2023 ruling by the Constitutional Court, which followed the first impeachment of the President, also initiated by the ruling GD party.
He said the ruling had “declared the President a violator of the Constitution” and confirmed the rule established by Article 52 of the Constitution that the President had the right to make foreign visits only with the authorisation of the Government.
In early October the President made several foreign visits to France, Germany, Poland and Belgium without the Government’s consent.