Marine Tsertsvadze, the Chairperson of Telavi District Court, who has been a lifelong [1] judge since 2019, does not disclose real estate and salary in her 2023 asset declaration [2].

Violation I: Marine Tsertsvadze owns four pieces of real estate which she failed to indicate in the declaration: 

1.     Batumi, Kazbegi Street – 60.00 sq.m [3]. apartment

2.     Telavi, Mshvidoba Street – 71.7 sq.m. [4] apartment

3.     Telavi, Mshvidoba Street – 105.00 sq.m. [5] plot of land

4.     Telavi, Mshvidoba Street – 44.00 sq.m. [6] plot of land with the construction on it

It must be noted that Tsertsvadze had not declared this real estate in 2022 [7] either.

Violation II: Marine Tsertsvadze also failed to indicate her salary received during her tenure of 2022 in the 2023 declaration [2]. 

Transparency International Georgia calls on the Anti-Corruption Bureau to study the violations revealed in the asset declaration of Marine Tsertsvadze and respond appropriately. 

According to the recommendation of the European Commission, Judge Marine Tsertsvadze, as the Chairperson of the Telavi District Court, should be subject to the integrity check mechanism.