Prosecutor’s Office Not to Be Subordinated to Justice Ministry
By Tea Mariamidze
Thursday, November 29
Chief Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia (POG) will no longer be subordinated to Justice Ministry after the inauguration of Georgia’s new president and enforcement of the new Constitution of Georgia.
Under the new Constitution, the powers of the Chief Prosecutor’s Office and bodies of executive authorities will be totally separated.
According to the new constitution, the General Prosecutor will be elected by the Parliament for a term of six years, but in the future, the Prosecutor's Office will be obliged to submit its annual report to the legislative body every year.
The amendments have been made to the Law on Prosecutor's Office in order to make it in compliance with the Constitution, which will be discussed by the Parliament in an accelerated manner and will be approved before the new Constitution is enacted.
The initiated project has been reviewed by the first hearing and two hearings are still left until it is finally approved.
With the draft law, the Secretary of Public Relations will be established to provide fast and efficient communication with various bodies, which will consist of one or more employees of the Prosecutor's Office.
Changes into Constitution were approved by the parliament on September 26, 2017, but President Giorgi Margvelashvili vetoed the draft-bill.
The lawmakers overrode the veto with 110 votes against 8. Finally, the parliament approved the Constitutional Project on March 23 of 2018 with 117 votes for and 7 – against.
