TBILISI, DFWatch–The faction supporting Mikheil Saakashvili narrowly won a debate at a National Movement party conference on Wednesday. A resolution was passed to hold a party convention in the format favored by the country’s former president.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A former lawmaker with background from the National Movement announced on Monday that he is leaving politics, after founding and campaigning for the splinter party Girchi.
Pavle Kublashvili, a former head of the justice committee in parliament,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament Saturday passed a vote of confidence in a new cabinet government formed after Georgian Dream won a landslide in the October 8 election.
110 MPs voted for and 19 against a cabinet, which had only three personnel changes
TBILISI, DFWatch–Acting Interior Minister Giorgi Mghebrishvili showed up at several committee hearings on Wednesday as parliamentarians were preparing for a vote of confidence in the new cabinet.
Listing his ministry’s achievements, Mghebrishvili said police in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s acting head of government Giorgi Kvirikashvili on Tuesday unveiled his new cabinet, with only minor personnel changes from the last one.
One notable change is the promotion of Dimitri Kumsishvili from Economy Minister to the more important
TBILISI, DFWatch–The newly elected parliament mits first session on Friday, and one of its first decisions was to register five factions and the majority and minority.
The Georgian Dream majority consists of 116 MPs. 115 are members of Georgian Dream, which received
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament approved the composition of the new parliament on Friday, and the government now has a caretaker role until lawmakers has approved a new government.
MPs voted to recognize the authority of the ninth parliamentary assembly.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A politician for the UNM party in Adjara has refused to serve in the region’s supreme council, echoing a recent decision by Sandra Roelofs, the former first lady, to not take her seat in parliament.
Levan Varshalomidze, former chairman of the Adjara government,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The National Movement has nominated Sergi Kapanadze as vice speaker of parliament from the minority.
The leader of the parliamentary minority will still remain Davit Bakradze. He was speaker of parliament from 2008 to 2012.
Nika Melia, who was UNM’s candidate
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s former first lady Sandra Roelofs has turned down her mandate to serve as a member of parliament despite being among the top ten names on the National Movement’s party list.
On Monday, Roelofs asked the Central Election Commission (CEC)