Tbilisi, DFWatch – President Mikheil Saakashvili has signed the constitutional amendment which reduces his power, and it will be enforced as soon as it is published on Georgia’s legislative website.
Speaker of Parliament
Elections ’12-’13
Parliament waiting for Saakashvili to sign constitution
TBILISI, DFWatch–The governing coalition in Georgia says parliament will listen to President Mikheil Saakashvili’s annual address as soon as a set of recently passed constitutional amendments are signed into law and enforced.
February 8, Saakashvili should have
Constitutional amendments are finally passed
TBILISI, DFWatch–The constitutional amendments which reduce the powers of President Mikheil Saakashvili were passed on Monday by 114 votes against 0 at the third and final hearing.
When the amendments come into force, the president can no longer change
Saakashvili 'bought 25 000 SIM cards to build Facebook support'
TBILISI, DFWatch–Defense Minister Irakli Alasania Thursday told parliament that the defense ministry last year purchased 25 000 SIM cards for mobile phones in order to build up Facebook support before the election.
Speaking during a meeting with the defense committee
Constitutional amendments may fail
TBILISI, DFWatch–The constitutional amendments to limit the president’s power to dismiss parliament may fail to be passed.
The reason is that Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvivi’s Georgian Dream coalition lacks the votes to pass the amendments, while Saakashvili’s
Saakashvili's party agrees to constitutional changes
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili’s party has agreed to support a set of the constitutional amendments which will limit the powers of the president, but only if Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili’s coalition lacks the required votes.
The Georgian
Lawmakers start work on constitutional amendments
TBILISI, DFWatch–Parliament in Georgia will today start reviewing a draft bill for amending the constitution and reduce the president’s right to dismiss the government any time he wants without confirmation from the parliament.
The bill, which is signed by 78 MPs,
Pro-Russia party to be founded by former Georgian minister
TBILISI, DFWatch–A former security minister who was fired by President Mikheil Saakashvili after the Rose Revolution in 2003 is to found a new political party with a pro-Russian orientation.
Valeri Khaburdzania, who has lived in Russia for the last two years and just
Constitutional amendments may be modified
TBILISI, DFWatch–A draft law already presented to parliament which will reduce the powers of the president may be amended.
According to the draft of constitutional changes, if the president dismisses parliament and government, he won’t have the right to himself
Saakashvili claims Georgian exiles behind Ivanishvili's election win
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili claims that billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili came to power in 2012 thanks to a group of Georgian exiles in Russia who provided funding and support.
As he returned from a trip to Azerbaijan last week, Saakashvili