Sunday, August 17, 2025

Georgia's PM claims more power from the president

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Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia wants to take away one more power from the president: the right to award two top awards.

The awards in question are the Shota Rustaveli award and the National awards of Georgia. The government wants to give

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Georgia starts work on new constitution

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Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili. (Photo published by Parliament’s press office.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, a new Constitution Commission is preparing a draft of constitutional amendments that will balance the branches of power. It will start work in the second half of January, 2014.

Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili said this on Monday

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President Saakashvili signs constitutional amendments

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President Mikheil Saakashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The constitutional amendments which reduce the power of the prime minister have come into force, after the president signed a bill which was passed by parliament on October 4.

The amendment is published on the website of the legal gazette, matsne

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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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Parliament in Georgia starts to review constitutional amendments

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Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The parliament in Georgia is starting to review a set of amendments to the constitution that aim to balance powers between the prime minister and the parliament, after a draft has been through a process of public discussion.

The hearing process

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Government wants parliament to have more time to prepare budget

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Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream bloc wants to keep having a relatively low threshold for amending the constitution and to give parliament longer time to work out a budget before it leads to a government’s dismissal and a new election.

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Agreement about reducing powers of president

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Dream coalition and the National Movement Party agree to reduce the powers of the president.

This will need immediate enforcement of that part of the constitution which applies to the powers of the president and which should have been

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Amid crisis, Georgia moves to give president more powers

Davit Usupashvili, Speaker of Parliament. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The governing Georgian Dream coalition suggests bringing forward a planned reform to give the president power to immediately dissolve parliament and announce a new parliamentary election.

The powers are part of a package of constitutional

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