Daily Archives: October 21, 2011

State of the Judiciary in Georgia

By | October 21st, 2011|Categories: Opinion|Tags: |

The quality and degree of democracy and freedom in a state, among some other factors, depends on the level of judicial independence. The principle that the judiciary must be independent from both legislative and executive branches of government is built in a constitutional idea of the separation of powers. Furthermore, judicial independence is one of the [...]

USA: democratic transfer of power is needed

By | October 21st, 2011|Categories: News, Politics, World|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch - America will be expecting to see a democratic transition of power in Georgia in the presidential election in 2013, Deputy Secretary of State William Burns said during a press briefing here in Tbilisi yesterday. Reactions have varied from the opposition seizing on the use of the phrase "transition of power" as [...]