Daily Archives: October 13, 2011

Billionaire’s citizenship was unlawfully revoked, lawyer says

By | October 13th, 2011|Categories: News|Tags: |

The stripping of a businessman's citizenship right after he made a dramatic call to remove Mikheil Saakashvili from power moved one step closer to turning into a legal battle Thursday, as Bidzina Ivanishvili's lawyer presented five documents said to prove that Georgia was breaking the law when revoking his citizenship. "We request a clear and specific [...]

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CoE to Georgia: No more surprises, please

By | October 13th, 2011|Categories: Elections, Legal reform, News|Tags: |

Two observers from the Council of Europe (CoE) have asked Georgia's ruling party to stop coming up with surprise changes in a draft law without going through the normal democratic procedures. At least according to one of the opposition politicians, two rapporteurs from the Monitoring Committee of the CoE's Parliamentary Assembly asked Georgia's ruling party to [...]

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