Report on the Performance of the Parliament of the Tenth Convocation
The post-electoral political crisis and the problems related to the coronavirus pandemic had a negative impact on the first year performance of the Parliament of the 10th convocation.Due to growing political crisis, the Parliament failed to exercise
State resources at the service of the ruling party: Proven methods of vote buying and illegal mobilization of voters in Georgia
Transparency International Georgia and the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy studied the documents allegedly taken from the correspondence of securgd@gmail.com during 2018-2019. This email address was allegedly created by the rul
The ruling party shall not boycott the extraordinary session of the parliament and shall start implementing specific EU requirements
On 15 July 2022, President of Georgia issued a decree on convening an extraordinary session of the parliament from 18 July 2022, in order to consider a number of issues necessary for granting Georgia the EU candidate status. The President was address
Company with links to the Georgian Dream wins tenders in Imereti
Tenders in the municipalities of Zestaponi, Terjola, and Baghdati are won by Borani LLC, a company with links to the Georgian Dream, whose main activity is the arrangement, maintenance, and repairs of road surfaces. From 2013 to July 12, 2022, the co
First Complaints Concerning the Wiretapping Case in 2021 have been Sent to the European Court
On 28 June 2022, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and Transparency International Georgia filed a application with the European Court of Human Rights against allegedly unwarranted eavesdropping on lawyers and civil activists.As society ma
Legal entities of municipalities of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti pay salaries in the amount of GEL 52 m in 2022
Ninety-two legal entities of the nine municipalities of the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Region have increased the number of employees and their salaries in 2022 – the salaries of 8,406 people working in the non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal
Georgia’s Political Finance in 2021
Financial inequality between political parties and ineffective state oversight of political corruption remain major problems in GeorgiaTransparency International Georgia studied the issue of Georgia’s political finance in 2021. Municipal electi
Who Runs Georgia – Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister with an Informal Master
CareerIrakli Garibashvili entered politics in 2012, along with the Georgian Dream party. In his first year of public service, he was the Minister of Internal Affairs. In 2013, he replaced Bidzina Ivanishvili as the Prime Minister. At the end of 2015,
12 STEPS TOWARDS EU CANDIDACY
The Civil Society Organizations have elaborated an Action Plan which could be easily implemented till the end of 2022, provided political will is present.The Action Plan contains an absolute minimum of critically important reforms, essential for gran