Thursday, August 13, 2026

How the role of the president will change in Georgia

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Power will shift from president to prime minister after October’s election. Pictured: President Mikheil Saakashvili (left), and Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Photo published on Ivanishvili’s Facebook page.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia will change from a presidential republic into a parliamentary one after the election on October 27. We give you the details.

The new president will start fulfilling his duties as soon as he has been sworn in, and after this ceremony, the

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217 prisoners in Georgia recommended for pardoning

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Elene Tevdoradze, head of the pardon commission. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The pardon commission on Friday reviewed the cases of 500 prisoners. 217 were given a positive recommendation.

The commission received recommendations from the president, who has the right to pardon prisoners independently or based on the

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Georgia's Ivanishvili explains decision to close Channel 9

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Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says many of Channel 9’s journalists were not professionals. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says journalists and employees of TV9 made a mistake when they closed down the channel immediately after his statement.

“Journalists didn’t come to TV9 from BBC and CNN. Many of them weren’t professionals; [they]

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