Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Georgian parliament approves new chief justice

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili next to new Supreme Court chief justice Nino Gvenetadze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament on Friday approved Nino Gvenetadze as new head of the Supreme Court by 88 votes against 0.

President Giorgi Margvelashvili selected Gvenetadze from 28 prospective candidates.

Gvenetadze was a Supreme Court

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Parliament approves president's chief justice nominee on third attempt

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Nino Gvenetadze at Legal Issues Committee. Behind Vakhtang Khmaladze, the committee chairman. (Parliament.ge)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament on Wednesday approved Nino Gvenetadze as new Supreme Court chair.

Two hearings on Monday failed because many Georgian Dream representatives didn’t show up and a quorum was not reached. Some were

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Georgian president meets with candidates for new Supreme Court head

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili on Saturday met for more than five hours with candidates for new head of the Supreme Court to learn about their plans and programs.

Margvelashvili is continuing his selection of candidates for new

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Parliamentarians object against criteria for selecting head of Supreme Court

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Dimitri Khundadze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A large part of the governing coalition in parliament are against the criteria the president used when he recently selected candidates for new head of Supreme Court.

The initiative began with 16 MPs from the Georgian Dream coalition.

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